Swansea
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 is 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]
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 City and County of Swansea and (inset) within Wales | |
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| 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 |
| Time zone | UTC0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
| Post codes | |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-SWA |
| ONS code | 00NX (ONS) W06000011 (GSS) |
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| NUTS 3 | UKL18 |
| Police Force | South Wales Police |
| Fire Service | Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service |
| Ambulance Service | Welsh Ambulance Service |
| Vehicle area codes | CP, CR, CS, CT, CU, CV |
| Website | http://www.swansea.gov.uk/ |
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
Wind Street, Swansea
Crymlyn Burrows Beach
Swansea skyline at dusk
Swansea Media
Temple street, Swansea, showing the bank, theatre and post office (1865)
Docks and railway bridge (1850)
A romanticised depiction of early copper smelting works in the Lower Swansea Valley c. 1800
high street swansea 1915
This is a photo of listed building number
Satellite photo of Swansea
The three UK parliamentary constituencies covering the Swansea municipality from 2024: 1 = Gower, 2 = Swansea West and 3 = Neath and Swansea East.
Mumbles Pier & Lifeboat Station Taken on Midsummers Day. Somewhere in the murk beyond the pier is Swansea Bay.
Three Cliffs Bay, Gower, south Wales.
Trafalgar bridge and lock over the River Tawe
References
- ↑ "Swansea - Population". www.swansea.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2021-03-09. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
- ↑ Lambert, Tim. "A History of Swansea". Local Histories. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
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