Bridgend
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  Bridgend Location within Bridgend | |
| Population | 51,785 (2021 Census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SS905805 |
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| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Suburbs | |
| Post town | BRIDGEND |
| Postcode district | CF31 |
| Dialling code | 01656 |
| Police | South Wales |
| Fire | South Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Bridgend (English: /brɪˈdʒɛnd/; Welsh: Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr or just Pen-y-bont, meaning "the end of the bridge on the Ogmore")[2] is a town in the Bridgend County Borough of Wales, 20 miles (32 km) west of Cardiff and 20 miles (32 km) east of Swansea. The town is named after the medieval bridge over the River Ogmore. The River Ewenny also flows through the town. The population was 49,597 in 2021.[3] Bridgend is within the Cardiff Capital Region which in 2019 had a population of approximately 1.54 million.
Historically a part of Glamorgan, Bridgend has greatly expanded in size since the early 1980s – the 2001 census recorded a population of 39,429 for the town.[4]
- ^ "Bridgend (Bridgend, Wales / Cymru, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ Mills, David (2011), A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 76, ISBN 9780199609086
- ^ "Bridgend". City population. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "Key Statistics for urban areas in England and Wales". Census 2011. UK Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2013.