Modern Wales Counties Map
The history of local government in the united kingdom differs between england northern ireland.
Modern wales counties map. An interactive map of the counties of great britain and ireland. The counties of the united kingdom are subnational divisions of the united kingdom used for the purposes of administrative geographical and political demarcation the older term shire is historically equivalent to county by the middle ages county had become established as the unit of local government at least in england. Find local businesses view maps and get driving directions in google maps. Moreover the shire means a management unit with more than one territory.
Click on the town link next to each county to view all the towns in that particular county and click on the postcode link to view all the postcodes in that county. There are 2 types of non metropolitan counties as shire counties and unitary authorities. Showing all towns and cities also counties populations welsh universities rugby clubs football clubs castles railway stations marinas political constituencies. In this article we will provide information on the total area the population and some important features of these management units.
Principal areas of wales preserved counties of wales historic and administrative counties of wales this disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title counties of wales. With a non official definition of the shire there are a total of 28 shire county in the uk. There are 22 local government units in wales that we can talk about as counties. Comparison map and notes stirnet see table of welsh place names table listing where places are in current post 1974 1996 welsh counties historic counties.
By the early 17th century all of england wales scotland and. None cities towns national trust antiquity roman antiquity forests woodland hills water features these maps the conform to the historic counties standard. The historic counties of wales are sub divisions of wales they were used for various functions for several hundred years but have been largely superseded by contemporary sub national divisions some of which bear some limited similarity to the historic entities in name and extent. This is the hub project for the counties of wales.
Current counties map of wales. Our database currently has a total of 23 counties in wales. Interactive map of wales all of wales is here. Former administrative counties of wales see history of local government in wales.