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| Gwynedd county | |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Area: - Total - % Water | Ranked 2nd 2,548 kmē ? % |
| Admin HQ: | Caernarfon |
| ISO 3166-2: | GB-GWN |
| ONS code: | 00NC |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total ( April 29, 2001) - Density | Ranked 13th 116,843 46 / kmē |
| Welsh language: - Any skills | Ranked 1st 76.1% |
| Politics | |
| Gwynedd Council http://www.gwynedd.gov.uk | |
| Control: | Plaid Cymru |
| MPsThis is a list of MPs elected to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Third Parliament of the United Kingdom at the UK general election, 2001, arranged by constituency. New MPs elected since the general election and changes in party allegiance are noted at: | Elfyn LlwydElfyn Llwyd (born September 26, 1951) is a Welsh politician, member of Parliament for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy, and parliamentary (but not national) leader of Plaid Cymru. He has been MP since 1992. Llwyd, Elfyn. Betty WilliamsBetty Helena Williams (born 31 July 1944) is a politician in the United Kingdom. She has been Labour Party member of Parliament for Conwy in Wales since 1997. External link Williams, Betty Helena. Hywel WilliamsHywel Williams (born 14 May 1953) is a Welsh politician and Plaid Cymru member of Parliament for Caernarfon since 2001. Previously the seat was held by Dafydd Wigley. Williams, Hywel Williams, Hywel. |
| AMsThe National Assembly for Wales is composed of 60 Members. 40 are elected from winner take all constituencies. 20 are elected in regions elected through proportional representation. The First Minister of the National Assembly and his Cabinet comprises the: | Dafydd Elis-Thomas Denise Idris Jones Alun Ffred Jones (Constituency) North Wales (Part), Mid and West Wales (Part) (Regional) |
| MEPsA Member of the European Parliament ( English abbreviation MEP is a member of the European Union's directly-elected legislative body, the European Parliament. MEPs are the European equivalents of a country's national parliamentary members, known as MPs in: | Wales |
Gwynedd is an administrative countyAn administrative county is an administrative area in the British Isles. The term was introduced for England and Wales by the Local Government Act 1888, which created county councils for various areas, and called them 'administrative counties' to distingu in WalesFor alternate meanings, see Wales (disambiguation Wales ( Welsh: Cymru pronounced /"k@mrI/ SAMPA, km IPA, 'Kumree' approximate pronunciation) is one of the four nations comprising the United Kingdom (the other three being England, Scotland and Northern Ir, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. It was created in 1974 as one of the eight new administrative counties of Wales. Although one of the biggest in terms of geographical area, it was also one of the most sparsely populated. A large proportion of the population being Welsh-speaking, it became once again a centre of nationalism, with Plaid Cymru gaining a toehold which helped the party on to greater successes.
| Gwynedd (1974-1996) | |
In the latest round of local government reorganisation, on April 1, 1996, it was reconstituted to cover a different area, losing Anglesey to became an independent unitary, and Aberconwy to the new Conwy county borough.
As the new Gwynedd covers most of the traditional counties of Caernarfonshire (less the part in the borough of Conwy) and Merionethshire, the reconstituted county was originally named Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire. As one of its first actions, the Council renamed the county Gwynedd on April 2.
The pre-1996 boundaries were retained as a ceremonial preserved county - in 2003 the boundary with Clwyd was adjusted to match the modern local government boundary, so that the preserved county now covers the modern Gwynedd along with Anglesey.
The original administrative county contained several districts, these were Aberconwy, Arfon, Dwyfor, Meirionnydd and Anglesey. As a unitary authority the modern entity no longer has any districts, but Arfon, Dwyfor and Meirionnydd remain in use as areas for area committees.
It is the home of the University of Wales at Bangor.