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Glais
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 The village of Glais in winter as seen from a local mountain known as Glais Mountain. | |
  Glais Location within Swansea | |
| Population | 838 (2011 Census) - outdated |
| OS grid reference | SN70250048 |
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| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Swansea |
| Postcode district | SA7 |
| Dialling code | 01792 |
| Police | South Wales |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
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| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament |
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Glais (Welsh: Y Glais) is a semi-rural village in Swansea, South Wales. Nant-y-Pal is a stream running through the middle of Glais. It divides the village into two electoral wards: to the north of the stream, Glais is under the Clydach Electoral Ward; to the south, Glais is under the Llansamlet Electoral Ward. The village is shared between the communities of Clydach and Birchgrove. Glais is within the Swansea East UK Parliament constituency and is represented by the Labour MP, Carolyn Harris. [1] The population is a little more than 1,000.[citation needed]
The word 'glais' is one of the Welsh words for stream and is a common element in Welsh place-names. Other locations containing the word glais occur as a composite element referring to a single particular name.[2]
- ^ "Glais, Wales, United Kingdom". Collins Maps. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- ^ "ELEMENTS 'G'". someplacenamesinsouthwales.com. Retrieved 27 July 2012.