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Mid Glamorgan

Mid Glamorgan
Welsh: Morgannwg Ganol
Mid Glamorgan shown within Wales as a preserved county
Mid Glamorgan shown within Wales as a preserved county
Area
 • 2003 781 km²
Ranked 7th
Population
 • 2007 423,200 (est; 2003 borders)
Ranked 4th
History
 • Created 1974
 • Abolished 1996
 • Succeeded by Bridgend
Merthyr Tydfil
Rhondda Cynon Taff
Caerphilly
Preserved county of Mid Glamorgan
Status Non-metropolitan county (1974–1996) Preserved county (1996–)
Government Mid Glamorgan County Council
 • HQ Cardiff (extraterritorial)
Mid Glam arms.png
Coat of arms of Mid Glamorgan County Council
Subdivisions
 • Type Non-metropolitan districts
 • Units 1. Cynon Valley
2. Ogwr
3. Merthyr Tydfil
4. Rhondda
5. Rhymney Valley
6. Taff-Ely

Coordinates: 51°48′58″N 3°22′05″W / 51.816°N 3.368°W / 51.816; -3.368

Mid Glamorgan (Welsh: Morgannwg Ganol) is a preserved county of Wales. From 1974 until 1996 it was also an administrative county with a county council.

Mid Glamorgan was formed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It consisted of part of the former administrative county of Glamorgan and the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil, along with the parishes of Penderyn and Vaynor from Brecknockshire and the urban districts of Bedwas and Machen, Rhymney and part of Bedwellty, from Monmouthshire.

It was divided into six districts:

Mid Glamorgan and its component districts were abolished in 1996 and the area split into the unitary authorities of Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf and part of Caerphilly as a result of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994.


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