Gwynedd
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Gwynedd may also refer to Upper Gwynedd Township, Pennsylvania or the preserved county of Wales.
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| Area - Total - % Water | Ranked 2nd 2,548 km² ? % |
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| Admin HQ | Caernarfon |
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| ONS code | 00NC |
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| Population: - () - Density | Ranked {{Welsh council population Ranked {{Welsh council population / km² |
| Ethnicity | 99.0% White |
| Welsh language - Any skills | Ranked 1st 76.1% |
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 The Arms of Gwynedd County Council 1974 - 1996 http://www.gwynedd.gov.uk/ | |
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It is the home of the University of Wales, Bangor.
The name "Gwynedd" is also used for a preserved county, covering Anglesey as well as the principal area.
History
The modern Gwynedd was originally created on April 1, 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It covered the entirety of the former administrative counties of Anglesey, and Caernarvonshire along with all of Merionethshire apart from Edeyrnion Rural District (which went to Clwyd), and also a few parishes in Denbighshire: Llanrwst, Llansanffraid Glan Conwy, Eglwysbach, Llanddoget, Llanrwst Rural and Tir Ifan.
In the latest round of local government reorganisation, on April 1, 1996, it was reconstituted to cover a different area, losing Anglesey to became an independent unitary, and Aberconwy to the new Conwy county borough.
As the new Gwynedd covers most of the traditional counties of Caernarfonshire (less the part in the borough of Conwy) and Merionethshire, the reconstituted area was originally named Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire. As one of its first actions, the Council renamed it Gwynedd on April 2.
The pre-1996 boundaries were retained as a ceremonial preserved county - in 2003 the boundary with Clwyd was adjusted to match the modern local government boundary, so that the preserved county now covers the modern Gwynedd along with Anglesey.
The original administrative county contained several districts, these were Aberconwy, Arfon, Dwyfor, Meirionnydd and Anglesey. As a unitary authority the modern entity no longer has any districts, but Arfon, Dwyfor and Meirionnydd remain in use as areas for area committees.
A Gwynedd Constabulary was formed in 1950 from the merger of the Anglesey, Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire forces. A further amalgamation took place in the 1960s when Gwynedd Constabulary was merged with the Flintshire and Denbighshire county forces, retaining the name "Gwynedd". In one proposal for local government reform in Wales, "Gwynedd" had been proposed as a name for an administrative county covering all of north Wales, but the scheme as enacted divided this area between Gwynedd and Clwyd. To prevent confusion, the Gwynedd Constabulary was therefore renamed the North Wales Police.
See also
- List of places in Gwynedd for all villages, towns and cities in Gwynedd.
- Snowdonia National Park
| Principal areas of Wales |
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| Subdivisions created by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 Anglesey | Blaenau Gwent | Bridgend | Caerphilly | Cardiff | Carmarthenshire | Ceredigion | Conwy | Denbighshire | Flintshire | Gwynedd | Merthyr Tydfil | Monmouthshire | Neath Port Talbot | Newport | Pembrokeshire | Powys | Rhondda Cynon Taff | Swansea | Torfaen | Vale of Glamorgan | Wrexham | |
| United Kingdom | Wales | Preserved counties of Wales |
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| Counties of the Lieutenancies Act 1997 Clwyd - Dyfed - Gwent - Gwynedd - Mid Glamorgan - Powys - South Glamorgan - West Glamorgan |
| Local government counties and districts of Wales 1974 – 1996 |
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Local authorities created by the Local Government Act 1972
CLWYD: Alyn and Deeside | Colwyn | Delyn | Glyndwr | Rhuddlan | Wrexham Maelor | |
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