Geographical region of Wales
For the region formerly called West Wales, see
Cornwall .
West
Wales
West Wales (
Welsh : Gorllewin Cymru ) is a region of
Wales .
It has various definitions, either covering
Pembrokeshire ,
Ceredigion and
Carmarthenshire , which historically comprised the Welsh principality of
Deheubarth , and an alternative definition is to include
Swansea and
Neath Port Talbot , but exclude Ceredigion. The
West Wales and the Valleys NUTS area also includes more westerly parts of
North Wales as well as the
South Wales Valleys .
The
preserved county of
Dyfed covers what is generally considered to be West Wales; between 1974 and 1996, Dyfed was a
county , with a county council and six district councils.
Definitions
There are various definitions of "West Wales".
Pembrokeshire ,
Ceredigion and
Carmarthenshire , which historically comprised the Welsh principality of
Deheubarth
[1] : 87, 95 This is also the area covered by the West Wales Regional Partnership Board , comprising councils, health sectors and
the NHS , on matters relating to the area covered by
Hywel Dda University Health Board .
[2]
[3]
Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire, and Swansea – Is used by
Visit Wales ,
[4]
[5] and covers a similar area as
South West Wales . This would exclude Ceredigion.
[6]
[7]
Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire (excluding Llanelli) – Was used by the
Welsh Development Agency before the mid 1990s.
[8]
Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Bridgend County Borough – Was used by the
Welsh Development Agency from the mid 1990s.
[8]
There is also a
West Wales and the Valleys
Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (now
International Territorial Level ) statistical region.
[9] As well as
South West Wales ,
Mid and West Wales or
Mid and South West Wales and
North West Wales .
Historic use
Historically, the term West Wales was applied to the
Kingdom of Cornwall during the
Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain and the period of the
Heptarchy .
[10] The
Old English word
Wealas , a Germanic term for inhabitants of the
Western Roman Empire , which the Anglo-Saxons came to apply especially to the
Britons , gave its name to Wales and is also the origin of the second syllable in the name Cornwall.
Railways
Mainlines
Heritage lines
See also
Notes
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Davies, John (1994). A History of Wales . Penguin History.
ISBN
978-0-14-014581-6 .
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"West Wales Area Plan - Ceredigion County Council" . www.ceredigion.gov.uk . Retrieved 2024-03-30 .
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"West Wales Regional Partnership Board – Working together to plan and deliver services for adult and children with needs for care and support" . Retrieved 2024-03-30 .
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"Introduction to Wales" . VisitWales . Retrieved 2021-12-06 .
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"Destinations" . VisitWales . Retrieved 2021-12-05 .
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"wwcc.co.uk domain is for sale | Buy with Epik.com" . wwcc.co.uk .
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"Future Skills Wales Project Summary Report for West Wales 1998-2007" (PDF) .
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a
b Phelps, Nick; Morgan, Kevin; Fuller, Crispian (2000), Hood, Neil; Young, Stephen (eds.),
"Regions, Governance and FDI: The Case of Wales" , The Globalization of Multinational Enterprise Activity and Economic Development , London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 366–389,
doi :
10.1057/9780230599161_15 ,
ISBN
978-0-230-59916-1 , retrieved 2021-12-17
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ONS NUTS guide to Wales statistical groupings
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"The Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1926" .
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