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The Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 [1] abolished the 8 administrative counties created by the Local Government Act 1972.

However, it created the concept of preserved counties based on their areas, to be used for purposes such as Lieutenancy. [2]

The preserved counties were originally almost identical to the 1974-1996 administrative counties, but with a few minor changes intended to ensure preserved counties were composed of whole principal areas. Llanrhaedr-ym-Mochant , Llansilin and Llangedwyn were transferred from Clwyd to Powys, and Wick, St Bride's Major , Ewenny and Pentyrch were transferred from Mid Glamorgan to South Glamorgan. However, these changes still left two county boroughs, ConwyConwy is a county borough in north Wales. It contains the settlements of Llandudno, Betws-y-Coed, Conwy, Colwyn, and Colwyn Bay, and has a total population of about 100,000. The River Conwy rises in Snowdonia and flows through Betws-y-Coed en route to the and CaerphillyCaerphilly is a county borough in south Wales. Its main town is Caerphilly. Other towns in the county borough are Bedwas, Risca, Ystrad Mynach, Newbridge, Blackwood, Bargoed, New Tredegar and Rhymney. The county borough was formed on April 1, 1996 by the split between preserved counties.

In order to rectify this, the Preserved Counties (Amendment to Boundaries) (Wales) Order 2003 [3] made two changes of substance to the boundaries. These changes came into effect on April 2April 2 is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. Events 1513 Juan Ponce de Leon sets foot on Florida becoming the first known European to do so. 1755 Commodore William James captures pirate fortr, 20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U. The part of the local government area of Conwy which had been in Gwynedd was transferred to Clwyd, and the part of the local government area of Caerphilly which had been in Mid Glamorgan was transferred to Gwent. The boundary between Mid Glamorgan and South Glamorgan was also re-aligned to reflect small changes in local government boundaries. Each Preserved County now encompasses between 1 and 5 whole local government areas.

• Clwyd - Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Wrexham
• Dyfed - Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire
• Gwent - Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Torfaen, Monmouthshire, Newport
• Gwynedd - Anglesey, Gwynedd
• Mid Glamorgan - Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taff
• Powys - Powys
• South Glamorgan - Cardiff, Vale of Glamorgan
• West Glamorgan - Neath Port Talbot, Swansea