Bridgend County Borough

Bridgend County Borough
Bwrdeisdref Sirol Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr

Geography
Area - Total - % Water	Ranked 17th 246 km² ? %
Admin HQ	Bridgend
ISO 3166-2	GB-BGE
ONS code	00PB
Demographics
Population: - (2010 est.) - Density	Ranked 9th 134,600 Ranked 8th 547 / km²
Ethnicity	98.4% White.
Welsh language - Any skills	Ranked 14th 19.9%
Politics
Bridgend County Borough Council http://www.bridgend.gov.uk/
Control	NOC (Labour minority administration)
MPs	Huw Irranca-Davies Madeleine Moon
AMs	Carwyn Jones (Bridgend Constituency) Janice Gregory (Ogmore Constituency) South Wales West (Regional)
MEPs	Wales

Bridgend (Welsh: Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr) is a county borough in the historic county of Glamorgan, south Wales. The county borough has a total population of 130,000 people, and contains the settlements of Bridgend, after which it is named, Maesteg, and the seaside town of Porthcawl. Its member of the National Assembly for Wales is Carwyn Jones, the First Minister of Wales, and its Member of Parliament is Madeleine Moon.

The county borough lies at the geographical heart of south Wales. Its land area of 285 square kilometres stretches 20 km from east to west and occupies the Llynfi, Garw and Ogmore valleys. The largest town is Bridgend (pop: 39,773), followed by Maesteg (pop: 20,700) and seaside resort of Porthcawl (pop: 19,238). * census 2001

It is based around the Ogmore River and its tributaries, although the Ewenny and Ogwr Fach rivers are considered the border with the Vale of Glamorgan for much of their length.

It was formed on 1 April 1996 under the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994. It includes all of the former Ogwr borough apart from the communities of Wick, St Bride's Major and Ewenny, which went to Vale of Glamorgan.

Government

The region is governed by Bridgend County Borough Council. It is currently in the control of the Labour party.

Schools

There are 9 secondary schools in Bridgend County Borough:

• Porthcawl Comprehensive School, Porthcawl
• Archbishop McGrath Catholic School, Brackla, Bridgend
• Bryntirion Comprehensive School, Cefn Glas, Bridgend
• Brynteg Comprehensive School, Bridgend
• Pencoed Comprehensive School, Pencoed
• Maesteg Comprehensive School, Maesteg
• Coleg Cymunedol Y Dderwen, Tondu & Bryncethin (split site)
• Cynffig Comprehensive School, Kenfig Hill
• Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Llangynwyd, Llangynwyd

See also

• List of places in Bridgend County Borough

References

External links

• Bridgend County Borough at the Open Directory Project
• Bridgend County Borough Council

Coordinates: 51°30′24″N 3°34′46″W / 51.50667°N 3.57944°W / 51.50667; -3.57944