Preserved counties of Wales

Preserved County ( " county maintained " ) is in Wales the name for ceremonial responsibilities of the Lord Lieutenant, the representatives of the British monarch in Wales. Each Preserved County also has a High Sheriff. Comparable territorial units in England are the local ceremonial counties. Wales is divided into eight Preserved Counties:

The eight Preserved counties of Wales are broadly in eight counties that were newly formed in Wales in 1974 and until 1996 served as the administrative counties. The following table indicates the affiliation of today's 22 Welsh unitary authorities to the Preserved Counties.

Monarchy of the United Kingdom Ceremonial counties of England South Glamorgan Mid Glamorgan West Glamorgan Dyfed Clwyd Conwy (County Borough) Denbighshire Flintshire Carmarthenshire Blaenau Gwent Anglesey Bridgend County Borough Subdivisions of England Regions of England East Midlands East of England South East England South West England West Midlands (Region) Greater London Counties of England Administrative counties of England List of English districts Metropolitan Borough Strathclyde Dumfries and Galloway Central Region, Scotland Tayside Lothian Fife Scottish Highlands Administrative counties of Scotland Lieutenancy areas of Scotland Administrative divisions of Wales Local government in Northern Ireland Shire Metropolitan County Rural District Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland) Borough
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