St Bride's Minor (Welsh: Llansanffraid-ar-Ogwr) is a community in Bridgend County Borough, south Wales. Located north of Bridgend town it is made up of Sarn, a large housing estate, and the villages of Bryncethin and Abergarw. The southern border of the community is defined by the M4 motorway, though the community stretches briefly beyond the Motorway to take in the McArthurGlen Designer Outlet. The eastern, and largest area of the community consists of farmland and small scattered farm houses. At the 2001 census, the community's population was 5,575,[1] increasing to 6,014 at the 2011 Census.[2]
St Bride's Minor
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  St Bride's Minor Location within Bridgend | |
| Population | 6,014 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SS902827 |
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| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BRIDGEND |
| Postcode district | CF32 |
| Dialling code | 01656 |
| Police | South Wales |
| Fire | South Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
At the local level St Bride's Minor is governed by St Bride's Minor Community Council, electing up to thirteen community councillors.[3]
At the 1995 council elections St Bride's Minor was also a ward to Bridgend County Borough Council electing two Labour Party county councillors.[4] Prior to 1995 St Bride's Minor was an electoral ward to Mid Glamorgan County Council[5] and Ogwr Borough Council.
Notes
edit- ^ Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel; Menna, Baines; Lynch, Peredur I., eds. (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.
- ^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- ^ "St Bride's Minor Community Councillors". St Bride's Minor Community Council. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ "Bridgend County Borough Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ "The County of Mid Glamorgan (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1988". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. 2 March 1988. Retrieved 6 April 2019.