Glamorganshire
Created | Updated Jul 17, 2002
Also known as: Glamorgan (In Welsh: Morgannwg)
Area 518,863 acres. Population 1,220,000. The highest point is at Craig-y-llyn (1,969 ft). Glamorganshire is the most populous and industrialised County in Wales. The northern part of the County is a mountainous area, dissected by deep narrow valleys, with urbanisation typified by ribbon devlopment. Although the coal industry, which shaped these valleys and their communities, has now all but disappeared, this area remains heavily populated with light industry and the service sector now providing the economic base. The Vale of Glamorgan, a lowland area mainly comprising farmland and small villages stretches across most of the south of the County from Porthcawl to Cardiff. Further west, beyond Swansea, lies the Gower penisula, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The County has a wide and diverse economic base including: public administration, agriculture, light industry, manufacturing, service sector, tourism.
Motto
A ddioddetws a orfu (He that endureth overcometh)
Major towns
- Cardiff (county town)
- Swansea
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Pontypridd
- Caerphilly
- Bridgend
- Aberdare
- Barry
Major rivers
- Rhymney (forms the border with Monmouthshire)
- Loughor (forms the border with Carmarthenshire)
- Taff
- Ely
- Ogmore
- Dulais
Adjacent counties
- East: Monmouthshire
- West: Carmarthenshire
- North: Brecknockshire
