Bridgend_(county_borough) Bridgend_(county_borough)

Bridgend (county borough) - Definition and Overview
Bridgend county borough
Image:WalesBridgend.png
Geography
Area:
- Total
- % Water		Ranked 17th
246 km²
? %
Admin HQ:Bridgend
ISO 3166-2:GB-BGE
ONS code:00PB
Demographics
Population:
- Total (April 29, 2001)
- Density		Ranked 9th
128,476
522 / km²
Welsh language:
- Any skills		Ranked 14th
19.9%
Politics
Bridgend County Borough Council
http://www.bridgend.gov.uk
Control:Multi-party
MPs:Win Griffiths
Huw Irranca-Davies


Bridgend is a county borough in southern Wales. The county borough has a total population of 130,000 people, and contains the settlements of Bridgend, after which it is named, Maesteg, and the seaside town of Porthcawl. Its member of the National Assembly for Wales is Carwyn Jones, and its Member of Parliament is Win Griffiths.

It was formed on April 1, 1996 from most of the former district of Ogwr.


United Kingdom | Wales | Principal areas of Wales Flag of Wales

Anglesey | Blaenau Gwent | Bridgend | Caerphilly | Cardiff | Carmarthenshire | Ceredigion | Conwy | Denbighshire | Flintshire | Gwynedd | Merthyr Tydfil | Monmouthshire | Neath Port Talbot | Newport | Pembrokeshire | Powys | Rhondda Cynon Taff | Swansea | Torfaen | Vale of Glamorgan | Wrexham


UK_map_icon.png 		 This United Kingdom location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it (http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Bridgend_%28county_borough%29).

Example Usage of Bridgend
g5maniac: Off to see Avatar in Bridgend - The last film I saw in the Cinema was Star Trek - Will it be as good?
timvox: @Flintaxe Oh, I just read about your "Bridgend Experience". Used to have a girlfriend from there. Never been, only experienced by proxy.
spino1: @Flintaxe Given its recently been redone what went wrong with Sainsbury Bridgend food
Copyright 2009 WordIQ.com - Privacy Policy  :: Terms of Use  :: Contact Us  :: About Us
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the this Wikipedia article.