Bridgend (authority)

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Unitary authority in south Wales created in 1996 from part of the former county of Mid Glamorgan.

Area
40 sq km/15 sq mi

Towns
Bridgend (administrative headquarters), Porthcawl (resort and residential area), Maesteg

Physical
most of the authority consists of the western end of a lowland plateau, Bro Morgannwg, a rich agricultural area of mixed farming and large villages; in the north is the Cymer Forest and Mynydd Caerau (556 m/1,824 ft)

Industries
civil engineering; chocolate manufacture

Features
Ewenny Priory and Church (1141); Ewenny Pottery (1610), one of the oldest working potteries in Wales; Cefn Cribwr, a well-preserved 18th-century industrial ironworks; Bryngarw Country Park, with 46 ha/113 acres of woodland, wetland, and gardens

Population
(2001) 128,700

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