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Preserved counties of Wales

The Preserved counties of Wales are the current areas used in Wales for ceremonial purposes such as Lieutenancy. They are almost the same as the 1974 counties of Wales, which are no longer used for local government purposes.

Preserved counties of Wales

Gwent South Glamorgan Mid Glamorgan West Glamorgan Dyfed Powys Gwynedd Clwyd

The Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 abolished them, but created the concept of preserved counties based on their areas. Some minor changes were made - Llanrhaedr-ym-Mochant, Llansilin and Llangedwyn were transferred from Clwyd to Powys, and Wick, St Bride's Major, Ewenny and Pentyrch were transferred from Mid Glamorgan to South Glamorgan.

The act also stated that these preserved counties should be the areas that Lord-Lieutenants are appointed to cover, and for other ceremonial purposes. This was reaffirmed by the Lieutenancies Act 1997.

See also: Subdivisions of Wales, Traditional counties of Wales, Ceremonial counties of England, Lieutenancy areas of Scotland.

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