Cathays (electoral ward)

Cathays ward
Electoral ward
Location of the Cathays ward
within Cardiff
Population20,021 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceST181780
Principal area
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCARDIFF
Postcode districtCF24
Dialling code+44-29
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
Councillors4
List of places
UK
Wales
Cardiff

The Cathays (/kəˈtz/ kə-TAYZ)[2] electoral ward of Cardiff, created in 1890, which since 1974 has covered the Cathays and Castle communities. There is no community council for the area and it has elected four councillors since 1999.

  1. ^ 2011 Census Key Statistics - Cathays Archived 5 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Ask Cardiff.
  2. ^ G.M. Miller, BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (London: Oxford University Press, 1971), p. 27.