- Cardiff (district)
infobox historic subdivision
Name= Cardiff district
HQ= Cardiff
Status=City
Start= 1974
End= 1996
Replace=Cardiff city and county
Civic=
PopulationFirst= 290,227
PopulationFirstYear= 1971
PopulationLast= 272,557
PopulationLastYear= 1991 The Cardiff district was one of the two local government districts ofSouth Glamorgan inWales from 1974 to 1996.The district comprised the
county borough ofCardiff and several surrounding parishes.Letters patent continuing the city status of the county borough were granted onApril 1 ,1974 . [London Gazette:issue 46255, 4 April 1974] The district was therefore styled the City of Cardiff.The district was formed by the
Local Government Act 1972 , from the county borough of Cardiff, the parishes ofLisvane ,Llanedeyrn ,Radyr ,St. Fagans andTongwynlais from the Cardiffrural district in theadministrative county ofGlamorgan and the parish ofSt Mellons from theMagor and St Mellons Rural District in the administrative county ofMonmouthshire . [Local Government Act 1972, schedule 4, part II]The district was abolished in 1996 by the
Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 , when it was reconstituted along withPentyrch as theunitary authority of the city and county of Cardiff.References
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