The City and County of Cardiff is a county in the south-east of Wales. It is one of the 22 principal areas of Wales.
Communities are the lowest tier of local government in Wales. Unlike English counties, which often contain unparished areas, all Welsh principal areas are entirely divided into communities.
There are 36 communities in Cardiff, with Pentyrch being the largest and Grangetown the most populated. Six of them have a community council.
List of communities in Cardiff
Community Population (2011) Area (km2, 2011) Pre-1974 district Remarks Refs Location map English Welsh Adamsdown Adamsdown 10,371 1.07 Cardiff County Borough Community without council. Butetown Tre-biwt 10,125 5.12 Cardiff County Borough Community without council. Includes Flat Holm. Caerau Caerau 11,318 3.03 Cardiff County Borough Community without council. Canton Treganna 14,304 3.08 Cardiff County Borough Community without council. Includes Pwll-coch and part of Leckwith. Castle Castell 2,119 1.72 Cardiff County Borough Community without council. Cathays Cathays 18,002 1.63 Cardiff County Borough Community without council. Includes part of Maindy. Cyncoed Cyncoed 11,148 3.72 Cardiff County Borough Community without council. Ely Trelái 14,603 2.91 Cardiff County Borough Community without council. Fairwater Y Tyllgoed 12,981 3.06 Cardiff County Borough Community without council. Includes Pentrebane. Gabalfa Gabalfa 8,790 1.27 Cardiff County Borough Community without council. Includes Mynachdy and part of Maindy. Grangetown Grangetown 19,385 4.3 Cardiff County Borough Community without council. Includes part of Leckwith. Heath Y Mynydd Bychan 12,629 3.15 Cardiff County Borough Community without council. Includes Birchgrove. Lisvane Llys-faen 3,707 7.85 Cardiff Rural District Llandaff Llandaf 8,997 2.55 Cardiff County Borough Community without council. Includes Danescourt. Llandaff North Ystum Taf 8,344 1.99 Cardiff County Borough Community without council. Llanedeyrn Llanedern — — Cardiff County Borough Community without council. Created in 2016 from Pentwyn. Llanishen Llanisien 17,417 4.81 Cardiff County Borough Community without council. Llanrumney Llanrhymni 11,060 3.05 Cardiff County Borough Community without council. Old St Mellons Pentre Llaneirwg 2,367 3.39 Magor and St Mellons Rural District Pentwyn Pentwyn 15,634 3.68 Cardiff Rural District Community without council. Pentyrch Pentyrch 6,101 18.4 Cardiff Rural District Includes Creigiau and Gwaelod-y-Garth. Penylan Pen-y-lan 12,657 3.35 Cardiff County Borough Community without council. Pontcanna Pontcanna — — Cardiff County Borough Community without council. Created in 2016 from Riverside. Pontprennau Pontprennau 7,353 5.17 Cardiff Rural District Community without council. Includes Cardiff Gate. Radyr and Morganstown Radur a Threforgan 6,417 4.67 Cardiff Rural District Includes Radyr and Morganstown. Rhiwbina Rhiwbeina 11,369 6.42 Cardiff Rural District Community without council. Riverside Glan yr Afon 13,771 2.59 Cardiff County Borough Community without council. Roath Y Rhath 18,166 1.63 Cardiff County Borough Community without council. Rumney Tredelerch 8,827 3.46 Cardiff County Borough Community without council. Splott Y Sblot 13,261 4.88 Cardiff County Borough Community without council. St Fagans Sain Ffagan 2,535 10.65 Cardiff Rural District Includes Plasdwr and Rhydlafar. Thornhill Y Ddraenen — — Cardiff County Borough Community without council. Created in 2016 from Llanishen. Tongwynlais Tongwynlais 1,871 4.29 Cardiff Rural District Tremorfa Tremorfa — — Cardiff County Borough Community without council. Created in 2016 from Splott. Trowbridge Trowbridge 16,194 9.21 Magor and St Mellons Rural District Community without council. Whitchurch Yr Eglwys Newydd 14,267 4.28 Cardiff Rural District Community without council. Includes Coryton.
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