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| Vale of Glamorgan county borough | |
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| Geography | |
| Area: - Total - % Water | Ranked 15th 335 kmē ? % |
| Admin HQ: | Barry |
| ISO 3166-2: | GB-VGL |
| ONS code: | 00PD |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total ( April 29, 2001) - Density | Ranked 12th 119,292 356 / kmē |
| Welsh language: - Any skills | Ranked 16th 16.9% |
| Politics | |
| Vale of Glamorgan Council http://www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk | |
| Control: | Conservative |
| 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: | Win GriffithsWinston James Griffiths ( 11 February 1943) is a politician in the United Kingdom, and member of Parliament for Bridgend for the Labour Party. He was first elected in 1987, having previously been a member of the European Parliament. Griffiths, Win Griffit Alun MichaelThe Right Honourable Alun Michael (born August 2, 1943) is a Welsh politician in the Labour Party. He is member of Parliament for Cardiff South and Penarth, shadowed by Victoria Green of the Conservative Party. He has been a member of the Privy Council si John SmithJohn William Patrick Smith (born March 7, 1951) is Labour MP for the Vale of Glamorgan. Smith is a former member of the Revolutionary Socialist League, also known as the Militant Tendency, although he never appeared publicly in this role. He was first ele |
The Vale of Glamorgan ( Welsh: Dyffryn (or Bro) Morgannwg) is an exceptionally rich agricultural area in the southern part of GlamorganGlamorgan or Morgannwg is a maritime traditional county of Wales, UK, and was previously a medieval kingdom or principality. The county is bounded to the north by Brecknockshire, east by Monmouthshire, south by the Bristol Channel, and west by Carmarthens, 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. It has a rugged coastline, but its rolling countryside is quite untypical of Wales as a whole.
It has been a county boroughCounty borough was a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom to refer to a borough or a city independent of county administration. History When the first county councils were created, it was decided that to let them have authority over the large tow since 19961996 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''. Events January January 5 Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone Jan, previously being part of South Glamorgan. It is also a parliamentary constituency, with John Smith as its Member of Parliament. The main town and largest centre of population is Barry. Other small towns are Cowbridge, Llantwit Major and Penarth, but a large proportion of the population inhabits villages, hamlets and individual farms.
The district borders Cardiff, Rhondda Cynon Taf and Bridgend to the north, and the Bristol Channel to the south.
Villages of the Vale include: