Vale of Glamorgan
Glamorgan is a traditional county in Wales. It is home to Cardiff, Wales' capital city, along with the city of Swansea. The Bristol Channel marks the southern edge of Glamorganshire, which features the 14-mile-long Glamorgan Heritage Coast and the Gower Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.- Type: principal area with 136,000 residents
- Description: principal area in south-east Wales, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “County Borough of Vale of Glamorgan”, “distretto di contea di Vale of Glamorgan”, “Dyffryn Morgannwg”, “GB-VGL”, “The Vale of Glamorgan”, “The Vale og Glamorgan”, “Vale of Glamorgan County Borough”, “Vallée de Glamorgan”, “Гламорганская долина”, and “ベール・オブ・グラモーガン”
Places of Interest
Highlights: St Athan Royal Air Force Base and East Orchard Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llantwit Major and Cowbridge.
Vale of Glamorgan
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.4167° or 51° 25′ north
Longitude
-3.4167° or 3° 25′ west
Population
136,000
Elevation
161 feet (49 metres)
Abbreviation
“VGL”
Open location code
9C3RCH8M+M8
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Welsh—“Vale of Glamorgan” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Veyl-of-Qlamorqan”
- Basque: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Belarusian: “Вейл-оф-Гламарган”
- Belarusian: “Даліна Гламоргана”
- Bengali: “ভেল অব গ্ল্যামারগান”
- Breton: “Bro Morgannwg”
- Bulgarian: “Вейл ъф Гламорган”
- Catalan: “Bro Morgannwg”
- Cebuano: “The Vale of Glamorgan”
- Cebuano: “Vale of Glamorgan (munisipyo)”
- Chinese: “格拉摩根谷”
- Cornish: “Bro Glamour”
- Danish: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Dutch: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ڤال اوف جلامورجان”
- Estonian: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Finnish: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- French: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- German: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Greek: “κοιλάδα του Γκλαμόργκαν”
- Gujarati: “વેલ ઓફ ગ્લેમોર્ગન”
- Hebrew: “עמק גלמורגן”
- Ido: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Irish: “Bro Morgannwg”
- Italian: “Distretto di contea di Vale of Glamorgan”
- Italian: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Japanese: “ヴェール・オブ・グラモーガン”
- Kannada: “ವೇಲ್ ಆಫ್ ಗ್ಲಾಮೊರ್ಗನ್”
- Korean: “베일오브글러모건 주”
- Korean: “베일오브글러모건”
- Ladin: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Latvian: “Glamorganas Ieleja”
- Lithuanian: “Glamorgano slėnis”
- Manx: “Bro Morgannwg”
- Manx: “Co-chorp Coontae Vro Morgannwg”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Moksha: “Вэйл-оф-Гламорган”
- Northern Frisian: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “The Vale of Glamorgan”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “The Vale of Glamorgan”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Norwegian: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Persian: “ویل آو گلامورگن”
- Polish: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Portuguese: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Romanian: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Russian: “Вейл-оф-Гламорган”
- Scots: “Vale o Glamorgan”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Bro Morgannwg”
- Slovenian: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Spanish: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Swedish: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Tamil: “கிளைமோர்கன் வாலி”
- Telugu: “వేల్ ఆఫ్ గ్లామోర్గాన్”
- Turkish: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Ukrainian: “Долина Гламорган”
- Ukrainian: “Долина Ґламорґан”
- Urdu: “والی آف جلامورجان”
- Urdu: “ویل آف گلامورگن”
- Venetian: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Welsh: “Bro Morgannwg”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Flemingston and Castleton Park.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Castleton and Old Beaupre Castle.
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Worth a closer look: Cardiff and Swansea.
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