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West Glamorgan

Preserved county and former administrative county of Wales, United Kingdom

Summary

Preserved county and former administrative county of Wales, United Kingdom

Field	Value
Name	West Glamorgan

HQ	County Hall, Swansea
Government	West Glamorgan County Council (abolished 1996)
Status
Start	1974
End	1996
Arms	[[Image:Westglamarms.PNG	150px]]
Coat of arms of West Glamorgan County Council
Replace	Swansea
Neath Port Talbot
Preserved county of West Glamorgan
Map	[[File:West Glamorgan Preserved County in Wales.svg	200px	West Glamorgan shown within Wales as a preserved county]]
West Glamorgan shown within Wales as a preserved county
PopulationLast
PopulationLastYear
AreaFirst	820 km2
AreaFirstYear	2003
AreaLast	km²
AreaLastYear
Divisions	Non-metropolitan districts
DivisionsNames

Coat of arms of West Glamorgan County Council Neath Port Talbot Preserved county of West Glamorgan West Glamorgan shown within Wales as a preserved county

West Glamorgan () is a former administrative county in South Wales. It is now a preserved county.

West Glamorgan was one of the divisions of the ancient county of Glamorgan. It was created on 1 April 1974, by the Local Government Act 1972 from the county borough of Swansea, the municipal boroughs of Neath and Port Talbot, the urban districts of Glyncorrwg and Llwchwr, Gower Rural District, Pontardawe Rural District, and all of Neath Rural District except the parish of Rhigos. From 1982, the main offices of West Glamorgan County Council were located in County Hall, Swansea.

West Glamorgan had four districts, as follows:

Swansea – Swansea CB and Gower RD
Lliw Valley – Llwchwr and Pontardawe RD
Neath – Neath and Neath RD
Port Talbot – Port Talbot and Glyncorrwg

Following the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994, West Glamorgan and its component districts were abolished on 1 April 1996, the area being divided into the two unitary authorities of Swansea and Neath and Port Talbot (later changed to "Neath Port Talbot"). Lliw Valley was partitioned between the two authorities. A West Glamorgan preserved county was created for the limited functions of Lieutenancy and High Shrievalty.

Coat of arms

The arms of West Glamorgan were: Argent three chevronels gules, between in chief two pine cones vert dimidiating as many gouttes sable, and in base a lozenge sable. The crest is a Welsh Dragon holding a Tudor rose in its forepaws, rising above four gold cogwheels. The supporters are an osprey and a heron, both with a fish in their beaks, and wearing a chain round their necks. The osprey is standing on water, and the heron on a ploughed field. The motto is Cadarn pob cyfiawn (Welsh: 'The just are strong'). The chevronels derive from the arms of the de Clare family; the pine cones represent forestry; the black drops (gouttes) the oil industry; and the black lozenge, coal. The four cogwheels above the shield stand for the four districts and their industries; the chains around the supporters' necks, the steel and aluminium industries; the water and the fish, fishing; and the ploughed field, agriculture.

References

{{Welsh preserved counties
"West Glamorgan coat of arms". Heraldry of the World.

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