pop (2000e) 419 200; area 416 km²/161 sq mi. Former county in S Wales, UK; created in 1974, and replaced in 1996 by Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan counties.
South Glamorgan is a preserved county of Wales.
These areas were divided between two districts: Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan (this was an unusually low number of districts to be created in a county in the Act: the only other being the Isle of Wight).
South Glamorgan Council was abolished on April 1, 1996, with both district councils becoming unitary authorities. The unitary authorities took in four communities from Mid Glamorgan, with Wick, St Brides Major, and Ewenny going to the Vale of Glamorgan, and Pentyrch becoming part of Cardiff.
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