Administrative Counties

Modern day Wales is split up into 22 local authorities known as Unitary Authorities. Some of them are modelled on the old counties, and some of them are based around the large cities such as Cardiff, Newport and Swansea.

• Blaenau Gwent

• Bridgend (Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr)

• Caerphilly (Caerffili)

• Cardiff (Caerdydd)
  • City of Cardiff.

• Carmarthenshire (Sir Gaerfyrddin)
  • Town of Carmarthen.

• Ceredigion
  • Town of Cardigan.

• Conwy
  • Town of Conwy.

• Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych)
  • City of St Asaph (Llanelwy).
  • Town of Rhyl (Y Rhyl).

• Flintshire (Sir y Fflint)

• Gwynedd
  • City of Bangor.

• Isle of Anglesey (Ynys Môn)
  • Town of Holyhead.

• Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful)

• Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy)
  • Towns of Abergavenny and Monmouth.

• Neath Port Talbot (Castell-nedd Port Talbot)

• Newport (Casnewydd)
  • City of Newport.

• Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro)
  • City of St David’s (Tyddewi).
  • Towns of Fishguard, Haverfordwest, Pembroke and Pembroke Dock.

• Powys
  • Towns of Brecon and Llandrindod Wells.

• Rhondda Cynon Taf

• Swansea (Abertawe)
  • City of Swansea.

• Torfaen

• Vale of Glamorgan (Bro Morgannwg)

• Wrexham (Wrecsam)
  • Town of Wrexham.