Bridgend

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Region: Wales
Country: Wales

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Bridgend lies in south Wales between Cardiff and Swansea, combining a busy town centre with coastal areas like Porthcawl. Historically an industrial and mining area, it now has a diverse economy including manufacturing, retail, and tourism.

The local government for this district is: Bridgend County Borough Council (Wales County Borough Council).

This district page, Bridgend, is a sub-page of this region page: Wales. It zooms in to local authorities and parliamentary constituencies, and provides a list of wards in this district. We have this list page for easy browsing of all UK local authority districts: List of Local Authority Districts.

Constituencies in Bridgend

A constituency is a specific geographical area that elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to represent them in the House of Commons. The United Kingdom is divided into 650 parliamentary constituencies, 32 of them are in Wales. We have this list page for easy browsing of all UK parliamentary constituencies: List of Constituencies.

Wards in Bridgend

Bridgend is divided into 28 wards, listed below in alphabetical order.

  • Aberkenfig
  • Blackmill
  • Brackla East and Coychurch Lower
  • Brackla East Central
  • Brackla West
  • Brackla West Central
  • Bridgend Central
  • Bryntirion, Laleston and Merthyr Mawr
  • Caerau
  • Cefn-glas
  • Coity Higher
  • Cornelly
  • Garw Valley
  • Llangynwyd
  • Maesteg East
  • Maesteg West
  • Nant-y-moel
  • Newton
  • Nottage
  • Ogmore Vale
  • Oldcastle
  • Pen-y-fai
  • Pencoed and Penprysg
  • Porthcawl East Central
  • Porthcawl West Central
  • Pyle, Kenfig Hill and Cefn Cribwr
  • Rest Bay
  • St Bride's Minor and Ynysawdre

Bridgend in International Geographies

In the International Territorial Levels (ITLs) hierarchy, Bridgend is within an ITLs Level 3 area:

  1. (ITL 1) Wales
  2. (ITL 2) ⇒ South East Wales
  3. (ITL 3) ⇒⇒ Central Valleys and Bridgend

The International Territorial Levels are used by OECD member countries for statistical purposes to classify administrative areas. We have this listable page for easy browsing of ITL names and codes: International Territorial Levels.

Districts in Wales