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Principal areas of Wales

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The names of the principal areas, in both English and Welsh, are set out in the 1994 amended version of the 1972 act, under Schedule 4. Section 74 of the 1972 act allows principal councils to change their names, if there is a two-third majority support for such in a specially convened meeting. Since
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In 2014, plans were announced to reform local government in Wales, reducing the number of principal areas from 22 to a smaller number of unitary authorities, similar to the counties that they replaced in 1996.
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were replaced on 1 April 1996, with 22 unitary authorities, the "principal areas". The 1994 act also created the communities and preserved counties.
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status, a largely historical status that reflects their historical existence as major population centres. The eleven county boroughs of Wales are
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restructured local government, by significantly amending the previous act. The councils of the principal areas are generally supervised by the
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The principal areas' boundaries are made up of its electoral wards, and the average number of electoral wards in a principal area is 40.
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their establishment, multiple councils have pursued a name change. Any notice of a name change has to be submitted to the
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The basic framework of local government and specifically a council's constitution and general powers were set out in the
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Five of the principal areas use different names to those given in the
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The other eleven have county status, and are styled as "counties".
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existing local governing structure in Wales that existed prior
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Map of the 22 principal areas of Wales. County boroughs are
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in 2020, the principal areas were used as a basis for local
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List of Welsh areas by percentage of Welsh-speakers
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Subdivisions of Wales; counties and county boroughs
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Index

Principal area of Wales
Welsh

Unitary authorities
Wales
County / County Borough council
Community
Electoral wards
a series
Politics of the United Kingdom
Politics of Wales

The Crown
The Monarch
Charles III
Heir Apparent
William, Prince of Wales
Prerogative
Royal family
Succession
Privy Council
King-in-Parliament
Lord-lieutenant
Llwynywermod
England and Wales
Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542
Principality of Wales
Welsh republicanism
Government
Welsh Government

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