Cowbridge
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Cowbridge High Street | |
Location within the Vale of Glamorgan | |
Population | 4,063 (community 2011)[1] |
OS grid reference | SS995745 |
Community | |
Principal area | |
Preserved county | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | COWBRIDGE |
Postcode district | CF71 |
Dialling code | 01446 |
Police | South Wales |
Fire | South Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
UK Parliament | |
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
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]