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The county council was abolished in 1996 and Blaenau Gwent became a principal area with county borough status, with the council taking over the functions previously performed by the county council. [4] Borough status allows Blaenau Gwent to give the chair of the council the title of mayor.
The communities of Blaenau Gwent in 2024. Blaenau Gwent is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It is one of the 22 principal areas of Wales. Communities are the lowest tier of local government in Wales. Unlike English counties, which often contain unparished areas, all Welsh principal areas are entirely divided into communities.
Blaenau Gwent (/ ˌ b l aɪ n aɪ ˈ ɡ w ɛ n t /; Welsh: [ˈbləi.nai]) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It borders the unitary authority areas of Monmouthshire and Torfaen to the east, Caerphilly to the west and Powys to the north.
A community council may call itself a "town council" if it so wishes. The councils of three communities with city status – Bangor, St Asaph, and St Davids – are known as "city councils". Communities which are too small to have a council may have a community meeting instead: an example of direct democracy. The communities in the urban areas ...
Gwent County Council was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972.It took over the geographical area and main roles of the previous councils, Monmouthshire County Council (1889–1974) and Newport County Borough Council (1891–1974), subject to some boundary changes along the western border.
Ebbw Vale South is also an electoral ward, coterminous with the community, [2] which elects two councillors to Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council. A few days after being elected as an Independent councillor for the ward at the 2022 local election, Carl Bainton caused some controversy by changing his allegiance to Labour. [3]
Nantyglo and Blaina (Welsh: Nantyglo a Blaenau) is a community in Blaenau Gwent, South Wales, including the small towns of Blaina and Nantyglo. The population in 2011 was 9,443. The population in 2011 was 9,443.
Map of places in Blaenau Gwent compiled from this list See the list of places in Wales for places in other principal areas. This is a list of places in the Blaenau Gwent county borough , South Wales .