Colwyn
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| Geography | |
| Status | Borough |
| 1974 area | 136,566.2 acres (552.664 km2) |
| HQ | Colwyn Bay |
| History | |
| Created | 1974 |
| Abolished | 1996 |
| Succeeded by | Conwy county borough, Denbighshire |
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| 1973 population | 45,990 |
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The Borough of Colwyn was one of six districts of the county of Clwyd, north-east Wales, from 1974 to 1996.
It was formed under the Local Government Act 1972 from the following parts of the administrative county of Denbighshire:
- The municipal borough of Colwyn Bay
- The urban district of Abergele
- Parts of the rural districts of Aled and Hiraethog.[1]
The borough was abolished in 1996, when wales was divided into unitary authorities created by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994. The area of Colwyn was split: a large part going to Aberconwy and Colwyn county borough, (soon renamed as Conwy), and the remainder going to Denbighshire unitary authority.
Colwyn is twinned with Konstanz, Germany and Roissy-en-Brie, France.
[edit] References
- ^ * Local government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. ISBN 0117508470.
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Coordinates: 53°10′N 3°35′W / 53.17°N 3.58°W
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