West Glamorgan

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West Glamorgan is a former county in south Wales that included industrial and coastal towns such as Swansea and Port Talbot.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative county
preserved county
borders Breconshire
surface form: Brecknockshire

Carmarthenshire
Dyfed
Mid Glamorgan
capital Swansea
category Former counties of Wales
Preserved counties of Wales
ceremonialLordLieutenantTitle Lord-Lieutenant of West Glamorgan
surface form: Lord Lieutenant of West Glamorgan
contains Gower Peninsula
Neath
Port Talbot
Swansea
country United Kingdom
Wales
createdFrom Glamorgan
dateAbolishedAsAdministrativeCounty 1996-04-01
dateEstablished 1974-04-01
governmentType non-metropolitan county (1974–1996)
hasCoastlineOn Bristol Channel
hasIndustrialCentre Port Talbot
Swansea
hasLargestTown Swansea
hasPort Port Talbot Docks
surface form: Port Talbot docks

Port of Swansea
hasRuralArea Gower Peninsula
hasTransportInfrastructure M4 motorway
hasUrbanArea Swansea
surface form: Swansea urban area
historicCountyContext part of the historic county of Glamorgan
knownFor Gower beaches
coastal scenery
heavy industry
steel production
language English
Welsh
legislatedBy Local Government Act 1972
locatedIn South Wales (region of Wales)
surface form: south Wales
partOf Wales
region West Wales
surface form: South West Wales
sovereignState United Kingdom
statusAfter1996 preserved county for ceremonial purposes
successorAdministrativeUnit City and County of Swansea
County Borough of Neath Port Talbot
surface form: Neath Port Talbot County Borough
timeZone Europe/London

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Port Talbot region West Glamorgan
Neath locatedIn West Glamorgan
Dyfed borders West Glamorgan
historic county of Glamorgan succeededBy West Glamorgan
subject surface form: Glamorgan
Mumbles region West Glamorgan
Neath North electoralRegion West Glamorgan
Neath North lieutenancyArea West Glamorgan
Swansea West constituency county West Glamorgan
subject surface form: Swansea West
Swansea Castle regionServed West Glamorgan
this entity surface form: Swansea and Gower
River Afan region West Glamorgan
Mid Glamorgan borderedBy West Glamorgan
Skewen hasLieutenancyArea West Glamorgan
Baglan ceremonialCounty West Glamorgan
Baglan lieutenancyArea West Glamorgan
Resolven ceremonialCounty West Glamorgan
Seven Sisters hasLieutenancyArea West Glamorgan
Ystalyfera region West Glamorgan
Sandfields region West Glamorgan
this entity surface form: West Glamorgan (historic)
Sandfields ceremonialCounty West Glamorgan
Sandfields lieutenancyArea West Glamorgan
Tonna ceremonialCounty West Glamorgan
Tonna lieutenancyArea West Glamorgan
Crynant hasCountrySubdivision West Glamorgan
this entity surface form: West Glamorgan (preserved county)
Alltwen region West Glamorgan
Jersey Marine region West Glamorgan
Coedffranc Central partOf West Glamorgan
Coedffranc Central lieutenancyArea West Glamorgan
Cimla region West Glamorgan
Cimla lieutenancyArea West Glamorgan
Gnoll Country Park region West Glamorgan
Dulais Valley region West Glamorgan
this entity surface form: West Glamorgan (historic county)
Afan Forest Park locatedInRegion West Glamorgan
Cymmer ceremonialCounty West Glamorgan
Cymmer lieutenancyArea West Glamorgan
Margam Moors region West Glamorgan
Neath Castle region West Glamorgan
Taibach region West Glamorgan
this entity surface form: West Glamorgan (historic)
Taibach ceremonialCounty West Glamorgan
Trebanos lieutenancyArea West Glamorgan
Trebanos region West Glamorgan
Llangennith hasRegion West Glamorgan
Penmaen region West Glamorgan
this entity surface form: West Glamorgan (historic)
Godre'r Graig region West Glamorgan
this entity surface form: West Glamorgan (preserved county)
Llanrhidian region West Glamorgan
this entity surface form: West Glamorgan (historic county)
Gwynfi region West Glamorgan