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![]() City and County of Swansea and (inset) within Wales | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Constituent country | Wales |
Ceremonial county | West Glamorgan |
Historic county | Glamorganshire |
Admin HQ | Swansea Guildhall |
Town charter | 1158–1184 |
City status | 1969 |
Government | |
• Type | Principal area, City |
• Leader of Swansea Council | David Phillips |
• Welsh Assembly and UK Parliament Constituencies | Swansea East, Swansea West, Gower |
• European Parliament | Wales |
• MPs | Martin Caton (Lab), Sian James (Lab), Geraint Davies (Lab) |
• AMs | Edwina Hart (Lab), Mike Hedges (Lab), Julie James (Lab) |
Area | |
• Principal area & City | 146 sq mi (378 km2) |
Population (2011, urban area figures from 2001) | |
• Principal area & City | 270,506 |
• Density | 1,560/sq mi (601/km2) |
• Urban | 169,880 |
• Ethnicity | 97.8% White 1.2% S. Asian 0.3% Afro-Caribbean 0.3% Chinese |
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Time zone | UTC0 (GMT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
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ISO 3166-2 | GB-SWA |
ONS code | 00NX (ONS) W06000011 (GSS) |
OS grid reference | SS6593 |
NUTS 3 | UKL18 |
Police Force | South Wales Police |
Fire Service | Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service |
Ambulance Service | Welsh Ambulance Service |
Website | http://www.swansea.gov.uk/ |
Swansea (Welsh: Abertawe), officially the City and County of Swansea (Welsh: Dinas a Sir Abertawe), is a city and county in Wales. It is Wales' second largest city and the largest in Cardiff. It is in the country's south coast. It has a temperate oceanic climate, with the most rain of any city in the United Kingdom. The city has a population of around 240,000. [1]
History
Swansea was built in the early 12th century by the Normans. A castle was built here and a town started to form around it.[2]
Gallery
Coat of arms of Swansea
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