- Swansea (district)
infobox historic subdivision
Name= Swansea
HQ=Guildhall, Swansea
Status=City
Start= 1974
End= 1996
Replace=Swansea
Arms=
PopulationFirst= 191,400Fact|date=September 2008
PopulationFirstYear= 1974
PopulationLast= 188,800Fact|date=September 2008
PopulationLastYear= 1994 The Swansea district was one of the four local government districts ofWest Glamorgan ,Wales from 1974 to 1996. It was formed from the areas of thecounty borough ofSwansea and theGower Rural District , from theadministrative county ofGlamorgan .It inherited the city status of the county borough and so was styled as the "City of Swansea", and was governed by Swansea City Council. On
March 22 ,1982 the city was grantedletters patent raising the mayor to the dignity ofLord Mayor . [ [http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1582 History of Mayoralty from website of the City and County of Swansea] ]The district was abolished in 1996, when it was merged with most of the
Lliw Valley district to form the larger City and County ofSwansea unitary authority.References
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