Ceredigion County Council
http://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/

• Mark Williams

!AMs

• Elin Jones
  (Constituency)
• Mid and West Wales
  (Regional)

!MEPs

Ceredigion principal area

Geography
Area - Total - % Water	Ranked 4th 1,795 km² ? %
Admin HQ	Aberaeron
GB	GB-CGN
ONS code	00NQ
Demographics
Population: - () - Density	Ranked Ranked / km²
Ethnicity	99.5% White
Welsh language - Any skills	Ranked 4th 61.2%
Politics
Control
MP
Wales

For other uses please see Ceredigion (disambiguation)

Ceredigion is a principal area in mid Wales.

Geography

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see also: List of places in Ceredigion

Ceredigion is a coastal county, bordered by Cardigan Bay to the west, Gwynedd to the north, Powys to the east, Carmarthenshire to the south, and Pembrokeshire to the south-west. Its area is 440,630 acres (1783 km²). The population of the county is 64,000.

The main towns are Aberaeron, Aberarth, Aberystwyth, Cardigan, Lampeter, Llanddewi Brefi, Llandysul, Llanilar, Llanrhystud, New Quay, Newcastle Emlyn (partly in Carmarthenshire) and Tregaron.

The Cambrian Mountains cover much of the east of the county; this large area forms part of the desert of Wales. In the south and west the surface is less elevated. The highest point is Plynlimon at 2,486 feet (758 m), where five rivers have their source: the Severn, the Wye, the Dulas, the Llyfnant and River Rheidol, the last of which meets the Afon Mynach in a 300 foot (100 m) plunge at the Devil's Bridge chasm. The 50 miles (80 km) of coastline has many sandy beaches. The largest river is the River Teifi which forms the border with Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire for much of its length. Other significant rivers include the River Aeron which has its estuary at Aberaeron, the River Ystwyth and the River Rheidol both of which reach the sea in Aberystwyth harbour.

For a county of such a small population, it may be considered unusual that two universities are within the county boundaries: the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and the University of Wales, Lampeter. The National Library of Wales, which was founded in 1907, is also located in the county.

History

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see: Cardiganshire for more about the traditional county that shares similar boundaries to Ceredigion

The name Ceredigion means 'Land of Ceredig', who was a son of Cunedda, a chieftain who re-conquered much of Wales from the Irish around the 5th Century CE.

Places of interest

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• Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth (SN5881)
• Devil's Bridge (SN7477)
• Strata Florida Abbey (SN7465)
• Aberystwyth Electric Cliff Railway, Vale of Rheidol Railway (SN5881)
• Aberystwyth Castle
• Nanteos Mansion
• Welsh Gold Centre Tregaron
• Llywernog Silver Lead Mine

Government

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Between 1888 and 1974, the county was governed by Cardiganshire county council, and on local government reorganisation in 1974, a new Ceredigion district council was formed in the administrative county of Dyfed. On April 1, 1996, Ceredigion district was made a unitary authority, under the name of Cardiganshire, only to change its name back to 'Ceredigion' on April 2.

A referendum was held on May 20, 2004 on whether to have a directly-elected mayor for the county; this was rejected by a large majority.

External links

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• Ceredigion county council (official site)

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