Caerphilly (County Borough)

Caerphilly County Borough

Administrative headquarters	Hengoed
surface	278 km²
Residents	178,806 (2011)
Welsh speakers	16.7%
ISO 3166-2	GB-CAY
ONS code	00PK
Website	www.caerphilly.gov.uk

Caerphilly ( Welsh : Caerffili ) is a Principal Area with the status of a County Borough in South Wales . It is named after the city of Caerphilly .

geography

Caerphilly is bordered to the south by the Welsh capital Cardiff , to the southeast by Newport, to the east by Torfaen , to the northeast by Blaenau Gwent , to the north by Powys , to the northwest by Merthyr Tydfil and to the west by Rhondda Cynon Taf .

The county area consists of parts of the historic counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire. It roughly corresponds to the valley of the Rhymney River (the historic border between Glamorgan and Monmouthshire) and the middle valleys of the Sirhowy River and the Ebbw River in the South Wales valley landscape.

population

Caerphilly has 172,700 inhabitants as a county borough (as of 2009). The largest localities are the city of Caerphilly with 31,300 inhabitants, Risca, Blackwood , Bargoed, Newbridge and Rhymney.

history

Caerphilly County Borough was created in 1996 from the District Rhymney Valley of County Mid Glamorgan and Islwyn County Gwent .

politics

Caerphilly is considered a stronghold of the Labor Party ( Labor Party , Welsh Y Blaid Lafur ) that the constituencies Caerphilly, Islwyn and Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney both at the 2005 general election and 2007 in elections to the National Assembly for Wales could win.

Local election results

year	Labor	Plaid Cymru (Welsh National Party)	Conservative Party (Conservatives)	Liberal Democrats (Liberal Democrats)	Independent candidates
1995	...	...	...	...	...
1999	28	38	0	1	6th
2004	41	26th	0	0	6th
2008	32	32	0	0	9

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Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Official population figures 2011 ( MS Excel ; 291 kB)

51.579203 -3.220367Coordinates: 51 ° 35 ′ N , 3 ° 13 ′ W

[pop-1] Official population figures 2011 ( MS Excel ; 291 kB)