Cowbridge

Cowbridge
Cowbridge High Street
Cowbridge is located in Vale of Glamorgan
Cowbridge
Cowbridge
Location within the Vale of Glamorgan
Population4,063 (community 2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSS995745
Community
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCOWBRIDGE
Postcode districtCF71
Dialling code01446
PoliceSouth Wales
FireSouth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Vale of Glamorgan
51°27′38″N 3°26′53″W / 51.4605°N 3.4480°W / 51.4605; -3.4480

Cowbridge (Welsh: Y Bont-faen) is a market town in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, approximately 12 miles (19 km) west of the centre of Cardiff.

The Cowbridge with Llanblethian community and civil parish elect a town council.[3] A Cowbridge electoral ward exists for elections to the Vale of Glamorgan Council. This ward includes Cowbridge, Llanblethian and Llanfair.

The total population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 6,180.[4]

  1. ^ "Community population 2011". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Cowbridge (Ancient Borough) with Llanblethian Town Council". www.cowbridge-tc.gov.uk.
  3. ^ About Cowbridge (Ancient Borough) with Llanblethian Town Council Archived 24 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Cowbridge (Ancient Borough) with Llanblethian Town Council. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 9 April 2015.