Cardiganshire

Cardiganshire (Sir Aberteifi) is a in Wales that came into being in.

In  conquered the principality of Wales and divided the area into counties. The name Cardigan was an anglicization of the name for the historic kingdom of Ceredigion. The area of the county became a under the name  in 1974 under the, and since 1996 has formed the county of Ceredigion.

Geography
Cardiganshire is a maritime county bounded to the west by, to the north by and the , to the east by ,  and , and to the south by  and. The county has an approximate population of 64,000. The cover much of the east of the county. In the south and west the surface is less elevated. The highest point is at 2,486 feet (758 m) at which five rivers have their source: the, the , the , the  and , the last of which meets the Mynach in a 300 foot (100 m) plunge at the  chasm. The 50 miles of coastline has many sandy beaches.

The main towns are, , , , , (partly in Carmarthenshire) and. The chief river is the which forms the border with Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire for much of its length. Tourism and agriculture, chiefly hill farming, are the most important industries.

Although Cardiganshire and historic share a boundary, it is not possible to directly travel between the two as all  road and rail traffic avoids the Dovey estuary and goes via  in historic.

Government
Cardiganshire's county council took over the functions of county administration from the court in. It was abolished by the  &mdash; and it was succeeded by the  of  in the new county of. This district was split out in as a, and has (bar minor realignments) identical borders to traditional Cardiganshire, and is sometimes known by that name.

Places of Interest

 * Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth
 * Devil's Bridge
 * Vale of Rheidol Railway.
 * Vale of Rheidol Railway.

Trivia
The derives its name from Cardiganshire