Pembroke
Pembroke is a town in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The names of both the community and the county (of which the county town is Haverfordwest) have a common beginning. Pembroke features a variety of historic buildings, community walls and complexes. It is an area and among the bigger communities in the county with a population of 7,552. Pembroke Castle was the birth place of Henry Tudor, later to become Henry VII of England. The neighborhood of Pembroke covers a location of 4.58 square miles (1,190 ha) as well as includes the Pembroke St Mary North, St Mary South, St Michael as well as Monkton wards. The area has its own community council. [8] For 2013-- 14, the Mayor is Councillor K Nicholas and the Deputy Lord Mayor is Councillor A Carey. The four wards comprising Pembroke community each choose one councillor to Pembrokeshire County Council. Pembroke belonged to the historical area of Pembrokeshire, eliminated in 1974, which was reconstituted as a unitary authority when local government in Wales was reorganised in 1996. Between 1974 and 1996, Pembroke was part of the South Pembrokeshire district of Dyfed.
