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File:Wales Principal Areas Density Map.svg and the northeast; the remainder of the country is sparsely populated]]

This is a list of the 22 principal areas of Wales{{Cite web|title=Welsh Local Authority Links - WLGA|url=https://www.wlga.wales/welsh-local-authority-links|access-date=2020-06-10|website=www.wlga.wales}}{{Cite web|title=Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 - Schedule 1: The New Principal Areas|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/19/schedule/1|date=5 July 1994|access-date=2020-11-26|publisher=The National Archives |website=Legislation.gov.uk}} giving their most recent date of creation and the style by which they are known.

The population and density are from the Office for National Statistics {{UK subdivision statistics year}} estimates.{{UK subdivision statistics citation}}

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! colspan=2|Names

! rowspan=2|Date
created

! rowspan=2|Population

! colspan=2|Population density

! colspan=2|Area

! rowspan=2|Style

! rowspan=2|Administrative centre

English

!Welsh

! (/km2)

! (/mi2)

! (km2)

! (mi2)

CardiffCaerdydd

| 1996{{efn|name=Reinstated|Re-instated as a principal administrative authority after a gap}}

| style="text-align:right;"|{{UK subdivision population|GSS=W06000015}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision density|GSS=W06000015}}|/km2|/sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision area|GSS=W06000015}}|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|County, city

|align="center" | Cardiff

SwanseaAbertawe

| 1996{{efn|name=Reinstated}}

| style="text-align:right;"|{{UK subdivision population|GSS=W06000011}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision density|GSS=W06000011}}|/km2|/sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision area|GSS=W06000011}}|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|County, city

|align="center" | Swansea

colspan=2 style="text-align:center;"|Rhondda Cynon Taf

| 1996

| style="text-align:right;"|{{UK subdivision population|GSS=W06000016}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision density|GSS=W06000016}}|/km2|/sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision area|GSS=W06000016}}|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|County borough

|align="center" | Pontypridd

CarmarthenshireSir Gaerfyrddin

| 1996{{efn|name=Reinstated}}

| style="text-align:right;"|{{UK subdivision population|GSS=W06000010}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision density|GSS=W06000010}}|/km2|/sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision area|GSS=W06000010}}|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|County

|align="center" | Carmarthen

CaerphillyCaerffili

| 1996

| style="text-align:right;"|{{UK subdivision population|GSS=W06000018}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision density|GSS=W06000018}}|/km2|/sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision area|GSS=W06000018}}|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|County borough

|align="center" | Ystrad Mynach

NewportCasnewydd

| 1996{{efn|name=Reinstated}}

| style="text-align:right;"|{{UK subdivision population|GSS=W06000022}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision density|GSS=W06000022}}|/km2|/sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision area|GSS=W06000022}}|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

| County borough, city

|align="center" | Newport

FlintshireSir y Fflint

| 1996{{efn|name=ReinstatedAndBoundaries|Re-instated as a principal administrative authority after a gap. Boundaries significantly altered in 1996 from its previous incarnation.}}

| style="text-align:right;"|{{UK subdivision population|GSS=W06000005}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision density|GSS=W06000005}}|/km2|/sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision area|GSS=W06000005}}|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|County

|align="center" | Mold

BridgendPen-y-bont ar Ogwr

| 1996

|style="text-align:right;"| {{UK subdivision population|GSS=W06000013}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision density|GSS=W06000013}}|/km2|/sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision area|GSS=W06000013}}|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|County borough

|align="center" | Bridgend

Neath Port Talbot{{efn|Named as 'Neath and Port Talbot' in legislation. Name changed by the council.}}Castell-nedd Port Talbot

| 1996

| style="text-align:right;"|{{UK subdivision population|GSS=W06000012}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision density|GSS=W06000012}}|/km2|/sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision area|GSS=W06000012}}|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|County borough

|align="center" | Port Talbot

WrexhamWrecsam

| 1996

| style="text-align:right;"|{{UK subdivision population|GSS=W06000006}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision density|GSS=W06000006}}|/km2|/sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision area|GSS=W06000006}}|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|County borough, city

|align="center" | Wrexham

colspan=2 style="text-align:center;"|Powys

| 1974

|style="text-align:right;"|{{UK subdivision population|GSS=W06000023}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision density|GSS=W06000023}}|/km2|/sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision area|GSS=W06000023}}|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|County

|align="center" | Llandrindod Wells

Vale of GlamorganBro Morgannwg

| 1996

| style="text-align:right;"|{{UK subdivision population|GSS=W06000014}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision density|GSS=W06000014}}|/km2|/sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision area|GSS=W06000014}}|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|County borough

|align="center" | Barry

PembrokeshireSir Benfro

| 1996{{efn|name=Reinstated}}

| style="text-align:right;"|{{UK subdivision population|GSS=W06000009}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision density|GSS=W06000009}}|/km2|/sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision area|GSS=W06000009}}|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|County

|align="center" | Haverfordwest

colspan=2 style="text-align:center;"|Gwynedd{{efn|Named as 'Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire' in legislation. Name changed by the council.}}

| 1974{{efn|name=Boundaries|Boundaries significantly altered in 1996 from its previous incarnation.}}

| style="text-align:right;"|{{UK subdivision population|GSS=W06000002}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision density|GSS=W06000002}}|/km2|/sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision area|GSS=W06000002}}|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|County

|align="center" | Caernarfon

colspan=2 style="text-align:center;"|Conwy{{efn|Named as 'Aberconwy and Colwyn' in legislation. Name changed by the council.}}

| 1996

| style="text-align:right;"|{{UK subdivision population|GSS=W06000003}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision density|GSS=W06000003}}|/km2|/sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision area|GSS=W06000003}}|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|County borough

|align="center" | Conwy

DenbighshireSir Ddinbych

| 1996{{efn|name=ReinstatedAndBoundaries}}

| style="text-align:right;"|{{UK subdivision population|GSS=W06000004}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision density|GSS=W06000004}}|/km2|/sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision area|GSS=W06000004}}|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|County

|align="center" | Ruthin

MonmouthshireSir Fynwy

| 1996{{efn|name=ReinstatedAndBoundaries}}

| style="text-align:right;"|{{UK subdivision population|GSS=W06000021}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision density|GSS=W06000021}}|/km2|/sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision area|GSS=W06000021}}|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|County

|align="center" | Usk

colspan=2 style="text-align:center;"|Torfaen

| 1996

| style="text-align:right;"|{{UK subdivision population|GSS=W06000020}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision density|GSS=W06000020}}|/km2|/sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision area|GSS=W06000020}}|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|County borough

|align="center" | Pontypool

colspan=2 style="text-align:center;"|Ceredigion{{efn|Named as 'Cardiganshire' in legislation. Name changed by the council.}}

| 1996

| style="text-align:right;"|{{UK subdivision population|GSS=W06000008}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision density|GSS=W06000008}}|/km2|/sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision area|GSS=W06000008}}|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|County

|align="center" | Aberaeron and Aberystwyth

Isle of AngleseyYnys Môn

| 1996{{efn|name=Reinstated}}

| style="text-align:right;"|{{UK subdivision population|GSS=W06000001}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision density|GSS=W06000001}}|/km2|/sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision area|GSS=W06000001}}|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|County

|align="center" | Llangefni

colspan=2 style="text-align:center;"|Blaenau Gwent

| 1996

| style="text-align:right;"|{{UK subdivision population|GSS=W06000019}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision density|GSS=W06000019}}|/km2|/sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision area|GSS=W06000019}}|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|County borough

|align="center" | Ebbw Vale

Merthyr TydfilMerthyr Tudful

| 1996{{efn|name=Reinstated}}

| style="text-align:right;"|{{UK subdivision population|GSS=W06000024}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision density|GSS=W06000024}}|/km2|/sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

| {{convert|{{UK subdivision area|GSS=W06000024}}|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|County borough

|align="center" | Merthyr Tydfil

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See also

Notes

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References

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{{List of Settlements in the UK}}

{{Principal areas of Wales}}

{{Geography of Wales}}

Category:Principal areas of Wales

Principal areas