Districts Of Wales

In 1974 Wales was divided for local government purposes into districts. Several districts made up an administrative county, of which there were 8. This system of two-tier local government was abolished in 1996 and replaced with a system of counties and county boroughs.

Former districts

istrict Adm. County Successor
a href="/encyclopedia/Aberconwy" title="Aberconwy">Aberconwy Gwynedd Conwy
a href="/encyclopedia/Alyn-and-Deeside" title="Alyn and Deeside">Alyn and Deeside Clwyd Flintshire
a href="/encyclopedia/Anglesey" title="Anglesey">Anglesey Gwynedd Anglesey
a href="/encyclopedia/Arfon" title="Arfon">Arfon Gwynedd Gwynedd
a href="/encyclopedia/Blaenau-Gwent" title="Blaenau Gwent">Blaenau Gwent Gwent Blaenau Gwent, part to Monmouthshire
a href="/encyclopedia/Brecknock" title="Brecknock">Brecknock Powys Powys
a href="/encyclopedia/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff South Glamorgan Cardiff
a href="/encyclopedia/Carmarthen" title="Carmarthen">Carmarthen Dyfed Carmarthenshire
a href="/encyclopedia/Cynon-Valley" title="Cynon Valley">Cynon Valley Mid Glamorgan Rhondda Cynon Taff
a href="/encyclopedia/Ceredigion" title="Ceredigion">Ceredigion Dyfed Ceredigion
a href="/encyclopedia/Colwyn" title="Colwyn">Colwyn Clwyd Conwy, part to Denbighshire
a href="/encyclopedia/Delyn" title="Delyn">Delyn Clwyd Flintshire
a href="/encyclopedia/Dinefwr" title="Dinefwr">Dinefwr Dyfed Carmarthenshire
a href="/encyclopedia/Dwyfor" title="Dwyfor">Dwyfor Gwynedd Gwynedd
a href="/encyclopedia/Islwyn" title="Islwyn">Islwyn Gwent Caerphilly
a href="/encyclopedia/Llanelli" title="Llanelli">Llanelli Dyfed Carmarthenshire
a href="/encyclopedia/Lliw-Valley" title="Lliw Valley">Lliw Valley West Glamorgan split between Neath Port Talbot, Swansea
a href="/encyclopedia/Glyndwr" title="Glyndwr">Glyndwr Clwyd Denbighshire, part to Powys, Wrexham
a href="/encyclopedia/Meirionnydd" title="Meirionnydd">Meirionnydd Gwynedd Gwynedd
a href="/encyclopedia/Merthyr-Tydfil" title="Merthyr Tydfil">Merthyr Tydfil Mid Glamorgan Merthyr Tydfil
a href="/encyclopedia/Monmouth" title="Monmouth">Monmouth Gwent Monmouthshire
a href="/encyclopedia/Montgomeryshire" title="Montgomeryshire">Montgomeryshire Powys Powys
a href="/encyclopedia/Neath" title="Neath">Neath West Glamorgan Neath Port Talbot
a href="/encyclopedia/Newport" title="Newport">Newport Gwent Newport
a href="/encyclopedia/Ogwr" title="Ogwr">Ogwr Mid Glamorgan Bridgend, part to Vale of Glamorgan
a href="/encyclopedia/Port-Talbot" title="Port Talbot">Port Talbot West Glamorgan Neath Port Talbot
a href="/encyclopedia/Preseli" title="Preseli">Preseli Dyfed Pembrokeshire
a href="/encyclopedia/Radnorshire" title="Radnorshire">Radnorshire Powys Powys
a href="/encyclopedia/Rhondda" title="Rhondda">Rhondda Mid Glamorgan Rhondda Cynon Taff
a href="/encyclopedia/Rhuddlan" title="Rhuddlan">Rhuddlan Clwyd Denbighshire
a href="/encyclopedia/Rhymney-Valley" title="Rhymney Valley">Rhymney Valley Mid Glamorgan Caerphilly
a href="/encyclopedia/South-Pembroke" title="South Pembroke">South Pembroke Dyfed Pembrokeshire
a href="/encyclopedia/Swansea" title="Swansea">Swansea West Glamorgan Swansea
a href="/encyclopedia/Taff-Ely" title="Taff-Ely">Taff-Ely Mid Glamorgan Rhondda Cynon Taff, part to Cardiff
a href="/encyclopedia/Torfaen" title="Torfaen">Torfaen Gwent Torfaen
a href="/encyclopedia/Vale-of-Glamorgan" title="Vale of Glamorgan">Vale of Glamorgan South Glamorgan Vale of Glamorgan
a href="/encyclopedia/Wrexham-Maelor" title="Wrexham Maelor">Wrexham Maelor Clwyd Wrexham

 

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