Cowbridge
Cowbridge is a market community in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales, about 7 miles (11 kilometres) west of Cardiff (12 miles west of Cardiff Bridge). Cowbridge is twinned with Clisson in the Loire-Atlantique division in northwestern France. Cowbridge becomes part of the Cowbridge with Llanblethian area (civil parish) which chooses a Town Council. A Cowbridge electoral ward exists for political elections to the Vale of Glamorgan Council. This ward includes Cowbridge and also Llanblethian however extends southern to Llanfair. The overall population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 6,180.