| Geography | |
| Area - Total - % Water |
Ranked 17th 246 km² ? % |
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| Admin HQ | Bridgend |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-BGE |
| ONS code | 00PB |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - (2010 est.) - Density |
Ranked 9th 134,600 Ranked 8th 547 / km² |
| Ethnicity | 98.4% White. |
| Welsh language - Any skills |
Ranked 14th 19.9% |
| Politics | |
Bridgend County Borough Council http://www.bridgend.gov.uk/ |
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| Control | NOC (Labour minority administration) |
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| MEPs | Wales |
Bridgend (Welsh: Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr) is a county borough in the historic county of Glamorgan, south Wales. The county borough has a total population of 130,000 people, and contains the settlements of Bridgend, after which it is named, Maesteg, and the seaside town of Porthcawl. Its member of the National Assembly for Wales is Carwyn Jones, the First Minister of Wales, and its Member of Parliament is Madeleine Moon.
The county borough lies at the geographical heart of south Wales. Its land area of 285 square kilometres stretches 20 km from east to west and occupies the Llynfi, Garw and Ogmore valleys. The largest town is Bridgend (pop: 39,773), followed by Maesteg (pop: 20,700) and seaside resort of Porthcawl (pop: 19,238). * census 2001
It is based around the Ogmore River and its tributaries, although the Ewenny and Ogwr Fach rivers are considered the border with the Vale of Glamorgan for much of their length.
It was formed on 1 April 1996 under the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994. It includes all of the former Ogwr borough apart from the communities of Wick, St Bride's Major and Ewenny, which went to Vale of Glamorgan.
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The region is governed by Bridgend County Borough Council. It is currently in the control of the Labour party.
There are 9 secondary schools in Bridgend County Borough:
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