Bridgend County Borough

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Bridgend County Borough is a local government area in south Wales that includes a mix of former coal-mining valleys, coastal communities, and the town of Bridgend as its administrative centre.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bridgend County Borough canonical 48
Bridgend County Borough Council 20

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf county borough
principal area of Wales
adminCentre Bridgend
borderedBy Neath Port Talbot
County Borough of Neath Port Talbot
surface form: Neath Port Talbot County Borough

Rhondda Cynon Taf
Rhondda Cynon Taf
surface form: Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough

Vale of Glamorgan
Vale of Glamorgan
surface form: Vale of Glamorgan County Borough
contains Bridgend
Garw Valley
Llynfi Valley
Maesteg
Ogmore Vale
Pencoed
Porthcawl
coastal communities
former coal-mining valleys
country Wales
createdBy Local Government (Wales) Act 1994
dateEstablished 1996
economyIncludes former coal mining
manufacturing
services
tourism
electoralRegion South Wales West
governingBody Bridgend County Borough self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bridgend County Borough Council
governmentType unitary authority
hasCoastlineOn Bristol Channel
hasDialCode 01656
01656 (Bridgend area code)
hasPostcodeArea CF
hasSettlementType urban and rural mix
historicCounty Glamorgan
language English
Welsh
legislativeBody Bridgend County Borough self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bridgend County Borough Council
lieutenancyArea Mid Glamorgan
locatedIn South Wales
parliamentaryConstituency Bridgend (UK Parliament constituency)
Ogmore (UK Parliament constituency)
partOf United Kingdom
Wales
region South Wales
replaced Ogwr Borough Council
seneddConstituency Bridgend (UK Parliament constituency)
surface form: Bridgend (Senedd constituency)

Ogmore (UK Parliament constituency)
surface form: Ogmore (Senedd constituency)
timeZone GMT
UTC+0
timeZoneDST BST
UTC+1

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Coney Beach locatedIn Bridgend County Borough
Rest Bay locatedIn Bridgend County Borough
Pink Bay region Bridgend County Borough
Porthcawl Elvis Festival locatedIn Bridgend County Borough
Porthcawl Promenade locatedIn Bridgend County Borough
Porthcawl Pavilion locatedIn Bridgend County Borough
Porthcawl Pavilion regionServed Bridgend County Borough
Porthcawl Lighthouse locatedIn Bridgend County Borough
Trecco Bay Holiday Park locatedIn Bridgend County Borough
Porthcawl Jazz Festival locatedInAdministrativeArea Bridgend County Borough
Maesteg Celtic RFC region Bridgend County Borough
Bethania Chapel, Maesteg locatedIn Bridgend County Borough
Caerau administrativeArea Bridgend County Borough
this entity surface form: Bridgend County Borough Council
Caerau governingBody Bridgend County Borough
this entity surface form: Bridgend County Borough Council
Pencoed Comprehensive School governedBy Bridgend County Borough
this entity surface form: Bridgend County Borough Council
Pencoed Town Council hasHigherTierAuthority Bridgend County Borough
this entity surface form: Bridgend County Borough Council
Coychurch governedBy Bridgend County Borough
this entity surface form: Bridgend County Borough Council
Heol-y-Cyw administrativeTerritory Bridgend County Borough
this entity surface form: Bridgend County Borough Council