Ogwr

Ogwr

History
• Created	1974
• Abolished	1996
• Succeeded by	Bridgend County Borough
Status	Borough

• HQ	Bridgend

The Borough of Ogwr was one of six districts of Mid Glamorgan in Wales, which existed from 1974 to 1996.

It was formed under the Local Government Act 1972 from the urban districts of Bridgend, Maesteg, Ogmore and Garw and Porthcawl, along with Penybont Rural District from the administrative county of Glamorgan. In 1996 most of Ogwr became part of Bridgend County Borough, with the Vale of Glamorgan taking the communities of Wick, St Brides Major and Ewenny.

The district took its name from the local River Ogwr.

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

Coordinates: 51°30′31″N 3°34′42″W / 51.5087°N 3.5782°W / 51.5087; -3.5782

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