- For other uses please see Ceredigion (disambiguation)
Ceredigion is a county and principal area in mid Wales. It is more-or-less identical in area to the historic county of Cardiganshire. one of the subdivisions of Wales File links The following pages link to this file: Ceredigion Lampeter Categories: GFDL images ...
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This is a list of principal areas of Wales ordered by area. ...
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Aberaeron is a seaside town in Ceredigion, Wales between Aberystwyth and Cardigan. ...
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This is a list of principal areas of Wales ordered by population. ...
This is a List of Welsh principal areas by population density in the 2001 UK census. ...
Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ...
This is a List of Welsh principal areas by the percentage of those professing some skills in the Welsh language in the 2001 UK census. ...
Arms of Ceredigion County Council. ...
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This is a list of MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005 to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Fourth Parliament of the United Kingdom at the United Kingdom general election, 2005, arranged by constituency. ...
Mark Williams, MP for Ceredigion Mark Williams (born March 24, 1966) is a British politician and the Member of Parliament for the Ceredigion constituency, a seat he gained from Plaid Cymru in 2005. ...
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Ceredigion may mean or refer to: Ceredigion Ceredigion parliamentary constituency This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
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Cardiganshire (Sir Aberteifi in Welsh) was a traditional county in Wales that existed between 1282 and 1974. ...
Geography
- See also: List of places in Ceredigion
Ceredigion is a coastal county, bordered by Cardigan Bay to the west, Gwynedd to the north, Powys to the east, Carmarthenshire to the south, and Pembrokeshire to the south-west. Its area is 440,630 acres (1783 km²). The population of the county is 64,000. This is a list of towns and villages in the principal area of Ceredigion, Wales. ...
The term Cardigan Bay, when used by itself, can refer to: A horse called Cardigan Bay A bay in Wales called Cardigan Bay A bay in Prince Edward Island called Cardigan Bay This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the...
Gwynedd is an administrative county in Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. ...
Powys is a local government principal area and a preserved county in Wales. ...
Carmarthenshire (Welsh: ) is a county in Wales. ...
Pembrokeshire (Welsh: ) is a county in the southwest of Wales in the United Kingdom. ...
The main settlements are Aberaeron, Aberarth, Aberystwyth, Cardigan, Lampeter, Llanddewi Brefi, Llandysul, Llanilar, Llanrhystud, New Quay, Newcastle Emlyn (partly in Carmarthenshire), Penparcau and Tregaron. Aberaeron is a seaside town in Ceredigion, Wales between Aberystwyth and Cardigan. ...
Aberarth, Ceredigion, Wales is a small seaside village situated towards the southern end of Cardigan Bay between Aberystwyth and Cardigan. ...
Aberystwyth (IPA: , South Welsh: ) (in English: Mouth of the Ystwyth) is a historic market town, administrative centre and holiday resort within Ceredigion, Wales. ...
Cardigan (Welsh: Aberteifi) is the traditional county town of Cardiganshire (Ceredigion) in west Wales. ...
Lampeter (Welsh: Llanbedr Pont Steffan, or more informally, Llambed) is a town in Ceredigion, Wales, United Kingdom, lying at the confluence of the River Teifi and the River Dulas. ...
Llanddewi Brefi is a small village in Ceredigion (Cardiganshire), Wales. ...
Llandysul is a market town in the Welsh county of Ceredigion, with the twin community of Pont Tyweli, which lies directly across the Teifi River in Carmarthenshire. ...
Llanilar is a town in Ceredigion, Wales about 4 kilometres south-east of Aberystwyth. ...
Llanrhystud is a seaside village in Ceredigion, 9 miles South of Aberystwyth, Wales. ...
New Quay (Welsh: Cei Newydd) is a seaside town in Ceredigion, Wales, lying on Cardigan Bay. ...
Newcastle Emlyn (Welsh: Castell Newydd Emlyn) is a town, straddling Ceredigion (Cardiganshire) and Carmarthenshire in west Wales (though officially it is in Carmarthenshire), lying on the River Teifi. ...
// Penparcau is a small Welsh coastal village about 1 mile (0. ...
Tregaron is a market town in Ceredigion (Cardiganshire), mid Wales, lying on the River Teifi. ...
The Cambrian Mountains cover much of the east of the county; this large area forms part of the desert of Wales. In the south and west the surface is less elevated. The highest point is Plynlimon at 2,467 feet (752 m), where five rivers have their source: the Severn, the Wye, the Dulas, the Llyfnant and River Rheidol, the last of which meets the Afon Mynach in a 300 foot (100 m) plunge at the Devil's Bridge chasm. The 50 miles (80 km) of coastline has many sandy beaches. The largest river is the River Teifi which forms the border with Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire for part of its length. Other significant rivers include the River Aeron which has its estuary at Aberaeron, the River Ystwyth and the River Rheidol both of which reach the sea in Aberystwyth harbour. The Cambrian Mountains are a mountain range in Mid Wales, reaching from the Brecon Beacons in South Wales to Snowdonia in North Wales. ...
The Desert of Wales is a large area in central Wales so called because of its lack of roads and towns and its general inaccessibility. ...
Plynlimon (anglicised from Pumlumon in Welsh, meaning Five Peaks) is the highest point of the Cambrian Mountains in Wales. ...
Severn redirects here. ...
River Wye and Lancat and Ban y Gore Nature Reserve The Wye at Hay-on-Wye The Wye at Tintern This article is about the river that flows along the Anglo-Welsh border. ...
The River Rheidol is a river of mid Wales. ...
The three bridges, looking downstream Devils Bridge station. ...
The River Teifi (Welsh: Afon Teifi) is a river in West Wales flowing into the sea below Cardigan town. ...
The River Aeron (Afon Aeron in Welsh) is a small river in west Wales that flows into Cardigan Bay at Aberaeron. ...
Aberaeron is a seaside town in Ceredigion, Wales between Aberystwyth and Cardigan. ...
Da River Ystwyth (Afon Ystwyth in Welsh) iz a river ov mid west Wales. ...
The River Rheidol is a river of mid Wales. ...
Aberystwyth (IPA: , South Welsh: ) (in English: Mouth of the Ystwyth) is a historic market town, administrative centre and holiday resort within Ceredigion, Wales. ...
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For a county of such a small population, it may be considered unusual that two universities are within the county boundaries: the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and the University of Wales, Lampeter. The National Library of Wales, which was founded in 1907, is also located in the county. Representation of a university class, 1350s. ...
The University of Wales, Aberystwyth (Welsh: Prifysgol Cymru, Aberystwyth) is a leading teaching and research university located in Aberystwyth, Wales. ...
University of Wales, Lampeter Prifysgol Cymru, Llanbedr Pont Steffan University of Wales, Lampeter (Welsh: Prifysgol Cymru, Llanbedr Pont Steffan) is a university in Lampeter, Wales, the oldest degree awarding institution in Wales, and the third oldest in England and Wales after Oxford and Cambridge. ...
The National Library of Wales (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru in Welsh) is a legal deposit library in Aberystwyth, Wales. ...
History - See Cardiganshire for historic information
The name Ceredigion means 'Land of Ceredig', who was a son of Cunedda, a chieftain who re-conquered much of Wales from the Irish around the 5th Century CE. Cardiganshire (Sir Aberteifi in Welsh) was a traditional county in Wales that existed between 1282 and 1974. ...
Ceredig, King of Ceredigion (born 420AD) Son of Cunedda, he arrived in Wales from Clackmannanshire with his fathers family when they were invited to help ward off Irish invaders. ...
Cunedda ap Edern (AD 386-460; reigned from the 440s or 450s) (Latin: Cunetacius; English: Kenneth), also known as as Cunedda Wledig (the Imperator), was an important early Welsh leader, and the progenitor of the royal dynasty of Gwynedd. ...
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Places of interest Aberystwyth Castle is a castle in Aberystwyth, Wales. ...
Opened in 1896 Aberystwyth Cliff Railway climbs 430ft in 778ft - a gradient steeper than 1:2 (50%). External Link Brief description Categories: Buildings and structures stubs | Ceredigion ...
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The three bridges, looking downstream Devils Bridge station. ...
The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ...
The remains of Strata Florida Abbey as depicted in the 1851 Illustrated London Reading Book Strata Florida (in Welsh: Ystrad Fflur) is a former Cistercian abbey situated just outside Pontrhydfendigaid, near Tregaron in the county of Ceredigion, Wales. ...
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Train taking on water, Vale of Rheidol Railway The Vale of Rheidol Railway is a narrow-gauge (1 foot 11¾ inches) heritage railway that runs for 11¾ miles between Aberystwyth and Devils Bridge (Pont yr Fynach (Welsh) - Bridge over the Mynach) - in Wales, UK. It was the last steam line...
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There is only one open gold mine in Wales today. ...
Tregaron is a market town in Ceredigion (Cardiganshire), mid Wales, lying on the River Teifi. ...
Culture and society Ceredigion has a very high proportion of Welsh speakers in the population; only Gwynedd and Anglesey have a higher proportion. Ceredigion also has a significant number of non-Welsh speakers, most of whom were born outside Wales. These tend to be more concentrated in and around the two university towns and along the coast, e.g. in Borth, only 40% of the population was born in Wales and barely 36% of residents are Welsh-speaking. However non-Welsh speakers are now to be found in large numbers in every community. Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ...
Gwynedd is an administrative county in Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. ...
Anglesey (Welsh: , pronounced (IPA)), is an island and county at the northwestern extremity of Wales. ...
Borth is a small Welsh village about 7 miles north of Aberystwyth in the county of Ceredigion. ...
The populace of Cerdigion are affectionately or dispargingly known as Cardis in other parts of Wales, especially in South Wales and they tend to be the butt of some jokes.
Government - See also: Ceredigion County Council
Between 1888 and 1974, the county was governed by Cardiganshire county council, and on local government reorganisation in 1974, a new Ceredigion district council was formed in the administrative county of Dyfed. On April 1, 1996, Ceredigion district was made a unitary authority, under the name of Cardiganshire, only to change its name back to 'Ceredigion' on April 2. Ceredigion County Council (Welsh: ) is the governing body for Ceredigion, one of the subdivisions of Wales. ...
Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
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1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
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A referendum was held on May 20, 2004 on whether to have a directly-elected mayor for the county; this was rejected by a large majority. Referendums (or referenda) are only occasionally held by the government of the United Kingdom. ...
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External links - Ceredigion County Council
- Ceredigion Tourist Information
- Tourist Information from the Welsh Assembly Government
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 Image File history File links Flag_of_Wales. ...
For local government purposes, Wales is divided into 22 unitary authorities. ...
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The Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (1994 c. ...
Anglesey (Welsh: , pronounced (IPA)), is an island and county at the northwestern extremity of Wales. ...
Blaenau Gwent is a county borough and parliamentary constituency in South Wales. ...
Bridgend is a county borough in what was the traditional county of Glamorgan, southern Wales. ...
Caerphilly [county borough] is a local government principal area in southern Wales, straddling the boundary between the traditional counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire. ...
Cardiff (English: Welsh: ) is the capital, largest and core city of Wales. ...
Carmarthenshire (Welsh: ) is a county in Wales. ...
Conwy [county borough] is a local government principal area in north Wales. ...
Denbighshire (Welsh: Sir Ddinbych) is a county in North Wales. ...
Flintshire (Welsh: ) is a principal area and county in north-east Wales. ...
Gwynedd is an administrative county in Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. ...
Merthyr Tydfil (Welsh: ) is a town and county borough in Wales, with a population of about 55,000. ...
Monmouthshire (Welsh: Sir Fynwy) is both a principal area and a traditional county in south-east Wales. ...
Neath Port Talbot (Welsh: ) is a county borough in Glamorgan, south Wales. ...
For other uses, see Newport (disambiguation). ...
Pembrokeshire (Welsh: ) is a county in the southwest of Wales in the United Kingdom. ...
Powys is a local government principal area and a preserved county in Wales. ...
Rhondda Cynon Taff (Welsh: Rhondda Cynon T f) is a county borough in Glamorgan, South Wales. ...
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Torfaen (sometimes hyphenated Tor-faen) is a county borough in South Wales. ...
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Wrexham is a county borough in northern Wales. ...
v • d • e
 Local government counties and districts of Wales 1974 – 1996 Local authorities created by the Local Government Act 1972
CLWYD: Alyn and Deeside • Colwyn • Delyn • Glyndŵr • Rhuddlan • Wrexham Maelor
DYFED: Carmarthen • Ceredigion • Dinefwr • Llanelli • Preseli Pembrokeshire • South Pembrokeshire
GWENT: Blaenau Gwent • Islwyn • Monmouth • Newport • Torfaen
GWYNEDD: Aberconwy • Arfon • Dwyfor • Meirionnydd • Ynys Môn - Isle of Anglesey
MID GLAMORGAN: Cynon Valley • Merthyr Tydfil • Ogwr • Rhondda • Rhymney Valley • Taff-Ely
POWYS: Brecknock • Montgomeryshire • Radnorshire
SOUTH GLAMORGAN: Cardiff • Vale of Glamorgan
WEST GLAMORGAN: Lliw Valley • Neath • Port Talbot • Swansea Image File history File links Flag_of_Wales. ...
This article is about the country. ...
1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
The Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c. ...
Clwyd is a preserved county of Wales, formed from the traditional counties of Denbighshire and Flintshire, and parts of Merionethshire. ...
Alyn and Deeside was a local government district in Wales from 1974 to 1996. ...
The Borough of Colwyn was one of six districts of Clwyd, North Wales from 1974 to 1996. ...
Delyn is an area in north Wales. ...
Glyndwr 1974-1996 Glyndŵr was one of six districts of Clwyd between 1974 and 1996. ...
The Borough of Rhuddlan was one of six districts of Clwyd, North Wales from 1974 to 1996. ...
Wrexham is a county borough in northern Wales. ...
Dyfed was one of the ancient kingdoms (or principalities) of Wales prior to the Norman Conquest. ...
Carmarthen was one of six local government districts of Dyfed, West Wales from 1974 to 1996. ...
Dinefwr was a local government district in Dyfed, Wales from 1974 to 1996. ...
The Borough of Llanelli was one of thirty-seven local government districts in Wales from 1974 to 1996. ...
Preseli Pembrokeshire was one of six local government districts of Dyfed in West Wales from 1974 to 1996. ...
South Pembrokeshire was a local government district of Dyfed, Wales from 1974 to 1996. ...
Gwent as a preserved county since 2003. ...
Blaenau Gwent is a county borough and parliamentary constituency in South Wales. ...
Islwyn 1974-1996 Islwyn is an area in south Wales. ...
The district of Monmouth was created in 1974 as a merger of the boroughs of Monmouth, Abergavenny, the urban districts of Usk and Chepstow and the rural districts of Abergavenny, Chepstow and Monmouth. ...
The Newport district was one of the five local government districts of Gwent from 1974 to 1996. ...
Torfaen (sometimes hyphenated Tor-faen) is a county borough in South Wales. ...
Gwynedd is an administrative county in Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. ...
The Borough of Aberconwy was one of five districts of Gwynedd, North Wales from 1974 to 1996. ...
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Anglesey (Welsh: , pronounced (IPA)), is an island and county at the northwestern extremity of Wales. ...
Mid Glamorgan is a ceremonial preserved county of Wales, one of the divisions of the traditional county of Glamorgan. ...
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Merthyr Tydfil (Welsh: ) is a town and county borough in Wales, with a population of about 55,000. ...
Ogwr was a former district in Wales, which existed from 1974 to 1996. ...
The Borough of Rhondda was one of six local government districts of Mid Glamorgan, South Wales from 1994 to 1996. ...
Rhymney Valley (Welsh: Cwm Rhymni) was one of six local government district in Mid Glamorgan from 1974 to 1996. ...
Taff-Ely was a local government district in Wales from 1974 to 1996. ...
Powys is a local government principal area and a preserved county in Wales. ...
The Borough of Brecknock (Welsh: ) was one of the three local government districts of Powys from 1974 to 1996. ...
The Montgomeryshire district was one of three districts of Powys from 1974 - 1996. ...
The Radnorshire district was one of three districts of Powys from 1974 - 1996. ...
South Glamorgan is a ceremonial preserved county of Wales, one of the divisions of the traditional county of Glamorgan. ...
The Cardiff district was one of the two local government districts of South Glamorgan from 1974 to 1996. ...
For other uses, see Vale of Glamorgan (disambiguation). ...
West Glamorgan as a preserved county since 2003. ...
Lliw Valley was a local government district of Wales from 1974 to 1996. ...
Neath was one of the four local government districts of West Glamorgan, Wales from 1974 to 1996. ...
Port Talbot was one of the four local government districts of West Glamorgan, Wales from 1974 to 1996. ...
The Swansea district was one of the four local government districts of West Glamorgan, Wales from 1974 to 1996. ...
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