Bridgend Coonty Burgh

+ Bridgend County BoroughBwrdeisdref Sirol Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr250pxGeography Area- Total- % WatterRanked 17th246 km²? %Admin HQBridgendISO 3166-2GB-BGEONS code00PBDemographics Population:- ()- Densitie Ranked Ranked  / km²Ethnicity98.4% White. Welsh leid- Ony skillsRanked 14t19.9%PoliticsControlMPsHuw Irranca-Davies
Madeleine MoonAMsCarwyn Jones (Bridgend Constituency)
Janice Gregory (Ogmore Constituency)
Sooth Wales Wast(Regional)MEPsWales

Bridgend () is a coonty burgh in the historic coonty o Glamorgan, sooth Wales.  The coonty borough haes a total population o 130,000 fowk, an contains the settlements o Bridgend, after which it is named, Maesteg, an the seaside toun o Porthcawl.  Its member o the Naitional Assembly for Wales is Carwyn Jones, the First Meenister o Wales, an its Member o Parliament is Madeleine Moon.

The coonty burgh lees at the geographical hert o sooth Wales. Its land aurie o 285 square kilometres stretches 20 km frae east tae wast an occupees the Llynfi, Garw an Ogmore valleys. The lairgest toun is Bridgend (pop: 39,773), follaeed bi Maesteg (pop: 20,700) an seaside resort o Porthcawl (pop: 19,238).census 2001

It is based aroond the Ogmore River an its tributaries, although the Ewenny an Ogwr Fach rivers are considered the border wi the Vale o Glamorgan for hintle o their length.

It wis formit on 1 Aprile 1996 unner the Local Govrenment (Wales) Act 1994.  It includes aw o the umwhile Ogwr borough apairt frae the communities o Wick, St Bride's Major an Ewenny, whilk went tae Vale o Glamorgan.

Govrenment
The region is govrened bi Bridgend County Borough Council.  It is currently in the control o the Labour pairty.

Schuils
There are 9 seicontary schuils in Bridgend Coonty Burgh:

  Porthcawl Comprehensive School, Porthcawl
  Archbishop McGrath Catholic School, Brackla, Bridgend
  Bryntirion Comprehensive School, Cefn Glas, Bridgend
  Brynteg Comprehensive School, Bridgend
  Pencoed Comprehensive School, Pencoed
  Maesteg Comprehensive School, Maesteg
 Coleg Cymunedol Y Dderwen, Tondu
  Cynffig Comprehensive School, Kenfig Hill
  Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Llangynwyd, Llangynwyd

Notable fowk
See :Category:Fowk frae Bridgend an :Category:Fowk frae Bridgend coonty burgh

See an aw
List o places in Bridgend Coonty Burgh

References

Freemit airtins

Bridgend County Borough Council 


Category:Coonties o Wales
Category:Glamorgan
Category:Principal auries o Wales