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The Swansea Urban Area is an area of land in Wales, UK defined by defined by the Office for National Statistics for population monitoring purposes. It is an urban conurbation and is not coterminous with the City and County of Swansea and discludes the urban area of Gorseinon within the county boundaries. It conists of the urban area centred around Swansea city centre; the Swansea Valley between and including Clydach and Pontardawe; and includes Neath and Port Talbot which lay outside the county boundaries.

The total population of the area in 2001 was 270,506, making it the the 25th largest urban area in the UK in 20011 and the second largest in Wales.

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Settlements

The ONS provides sub-division statistics for the Swansea Urban Area2

Rank Urban sub-area name Population (2001 census)
1 Swansea3 169,880
2 Neath4 45,898
3 Port Talbot5 35,633
4 Pontardawe/Clydach6 19,095

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_compendia/fom2005/03_FOPM_UrbanAreas.pdf
  2. ^ "Map of Swansea Urban Area". ONS. Retrieved on 2008-07-16.
  3. ^ "Map of Swansea Urban Area: Swansea subdivision". ONS. Retrieved on 2008-07-22.
  4. ^ "Map of Swansea Urban Area: Neath subdivision". ONS. Retrieved on 2008-07-22.
  5. ^ "Map of Swansea Urban Area: Port Talbot subdivision". ONS. Retrieved on 2008-07-22.
  6. ^ "Map of Swansea Urban Area: Pontardawe/Clydach subdivision". ONS. Retrieved on 2008-07-22.

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