Borough of Brecknock

Coordinates: 51°56′49″N 3°23′28″W / 51.947°N 3.391°W / 51.947; -3.391

Brecknock Brycheiniog
Population
• 1971	37,781
• 1992 (estimate)	41,500
History
• Created	1974
• Abolished	1996
• Succeeded by	Powys
Status	Borough

• HQ	Brecon

The Borough of Brecknock (Welsh: Bwrdeistref Brycheiniog) was one of the three local government districts of the county of Powys, Wales, formed under the terms of the Local Government Act 1972 from the administrative county of Brecknockshire (with the exception of Brynmawr, Llanelly, Penderyn, and Vaynor).

The borough comprised the majority of the historic county of Brecknockshire and was in existence from 1974 to 1996, when it was abolished by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 and became part of the county of Powys.

Local government districts of Wales 1974–1996

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

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