Clwyd

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Clwyd
Geography
Status	Welsh county
History
Origin	various, see text
Created	1974
Abolished	1996 (for local government)
Succeeded by	various, see text
Demography
1981 population	390,200
1991 population	402,927
Politics
Governance	Clwyd County Council

Clwyd is a preserved county of Wales. From 1974 until 1996, it was a county, with a county council, and was divided into six districts:

• Alyn and Deeside
• Colwyn
• Delyn
• Glyndwr
• Rhuddlan
• Wrexham

It was formed originally in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 as a merger of the administrative counties of Flintshire and (most of) Denbighshire, along with the Edeyrnion Rural District from Merionethshire.

For local government purposes, Clwyd was split in 1996 into the unitary authorities of Flintshire, Wrexham County Borough, Denbighshire, and parts of Conwy and Powys. In 2003, the preserved county of Clwyd was changed to cover the remainder of Conwy (which had previously been part of Gwynedd).

v • d • e Preserved counties of Wales Counties of the Lieutenancies Act 1997 Clwyd • Dyfed • Gwent • Gwynedd • Mid Glamorgan • Powys • South Glamorgan • West Glamorgan

v • d • e Local government in Wales Principal areas established in 1996 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 Counties and districts 1974 - 1996 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 Counties established before 1889 Anglesey • Brecknockshire • Caernarfonshire • Cardiganshire • Carmarthenshire • Denbighshire • Flintshire • Glamorganshire • Merionethshire • Monmouthshire • Montgomeryshire • Pembrokeshire • Radnorshire