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Welsh Economic Regions
Resource ID
fa2be59f-7034-4a21-a91b-27cabd21e96a
Title
Welsh Economic Regions
Date
March 1, 2023, midnight, Publication Date
Abstract
Background The Economic Regions, as set out in Welsh Government’s ‘Prosperity for All: Economic Action Plan’, are made up of the following Welsh local authorities: North Wales: Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Isle of Anglesey, and Wrexham. Mid and South West Wales: Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire, Powys, and Swansea. South East Wales: Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Newport, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Torfaen, and Vale of Glamorgan. These boundaries illustrate these three areas.   The region of Mid and South West Wales was formerly split into the following two economic regions which were made up of the following local authorities: Mid Wales: Ceredigion and Powys  South West Wales: Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire and Swansea. This former region split is not represented in this dataset.   *** Technical Information These boundaries have been created by amalgamating Local Authority areas into the three economic regions as set out in the economic action plan. It is derived from the Ordnance Survey Boundaryline product, Oct 2022. This layer contains the following information: Economic region name Area description Geographical extent: Wales, UK. Licensing: Open Government Licence (OGL). These data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence, acknowledging both the source and copyright of the owners. Attribution statement: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2023 Date created: 02-2023 Format: Vector features *** Related datasets To view the City or Growth Deal regions, click here To view the Regional Economic Framework regions, click here    
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Responsible
natalie.small@gov.wales
Point of Contact
Small
natalie.small@gov.wales
Purpose
To illustrate geographically the Welsh economic regions as set out in the Prosperity for All: Economic Action Plan. 
Maintenance Frequency
None
Type
vector
Restrictions
None
Licensing:Open Government Licence (OGL). Attribution:Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2023. 
License
Open Government Licence for Public Sector Information
Language
en
Temporal Extent
Start
Dec. 13, 2017, midnight
End
Oct. 31, 2022, midnight
Supplemental Information
Data Quality
Geographical extent: Wales, UK Lineage: These boundaries have been created by amalgamating Local Authority areas into the three economic regions as set out in the Prosperity for All: Economic Action Plan. These are derived from the Ordnance Survey Boundaryline product, Oct 2022. Source: Ordnance Survey Date created: 02-2023 OS product: BoundaryLine, October 2022
Extent
  • x0: 146611.796875
  • x1: 355308.03125
  • y0: 164586.296875
  • y1: 395984.40625
Spatial Reference System Identifier
EPSG:27700
Keywords
no keywords
Category
Boundaries
Regions
Global