Cowbridge
Cowbridge is a market town in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales, approximately 7 miles (11 kilometres) west of Cardiff (12 miles west of Cardiff Bridge). Cowbridge is twinned with Clisson in the Loire-Atlantique department in northwestern France. Cowbridge is part of the Cowbridge with Llanblethian community (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 as well as Llanblethian but extends southern to Llanfair. The total population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 6,180.