Rhondda (district)
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| Status: | Borough |
| HQ: | Pentre |
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| Created: | 1974 |
| Abolished: | 1996 |
| Succeeded by: | Rhondda Cynon Taff |
The Borough of Rhondda was one of six local government districts of Mid Glamorgan, South Wales from 1974 to 1996.
The borough formed in 1974 had an identical area to the Municipal Borough of Rhondda, in the administrative county of Glamorgan. The council was initially created as Ystradyfodwg Local board of health in 1877, becoming an urban district in 1894. it was renamed as Rhondda Urban District in 1897 after the River Rhondda. In 1955 Rhondda received a charter of incorporation as a municipal borough.[1]
The borough was abolished in 1996, with its area passing to the unitary Rhondda Cynon Taff county borough.
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Local authorities created by the Local Government Act 1972
CLWYD: Alyn and Deeside • Colwyn • Delyn • Glyndŵr • Rhuddlan • Wrexham Maelor
DYFED: Carmarthen • Ceredigion • Dinefwr • Llanelli • Preseli Pembrokeshire • South Pembrokeshire
GWENT: Blaenau Gwent • Islwyn • Monmouth • Newport • Torfaen
GWYNEDD: Aberconwy • Arfon • Dwyfor • Meirionnydd • Ynys Môn - Isle of Anglesey
MID GLAMORGAN: Cynon Valley • Merthyr Tydfil • Ogwr • Rhondda • Rhymney Valley • Taff-Ely
POWYS: Brecknock • Montgomeryshire • Radnorshire
SOUTH GLAMORGAN: Cardiff • Vale of Glamorgan
WEST GLAMORGAN: Lliw Valley • Neath • Port Talbot • Swansea
