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2017 in Wales – June Osborne becomes the first female Bishop of Llandaff. 2016 in Wales – Ifor ap Glyn replaces Gillian Clarke as the National Poet of Wales. 2015 in Wales – The ferry service between Dún Laoghaire in Ireland and Holyhead ends after two centuries.
1 January – Wales football manager Chris Coleman is revealed as the Nos Galan runner at the traditional New Year event in the Cynon Valley. [3] 27 January – A farewell service is held at Llandaff Cathedral for retiring Archbishop of Wales Barry Morgan. [4]
Physical geography. The summit of Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales. Depiction of the Vale of Towy, Carmarthenshire. Wales is located on the western side of central southern Great Britain. To the north and west is the Irish Sea, and to the south is the Bristol Channel.
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Map of the 2017 election results. Wales has been eligible to send MPs to Westminster since the Laws in Wales Act 1535. Between then and 1885, most constituencies were categorised as county or borough constituencies; each sent one MP to Westminster.
Apr 29, 2019 · In 2017, an estimated 3.125 million people lived in Wales an increase of 225,000 people (or 7.7 %) from 1999. The biggest contributor to population growth in the last 20 years was moves within the UK, mainly from England to Wales.
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The 2017 United Kingdom general election in Wales was held on 8 June 2017; all 40 seats in Wales were contested. The election for each seat was conducted on the basis of first-past-the-post. The Labour party won the most votes in Wales, with the Conservatives winning overall across the UK.
