Cowbridge
Cowbridge is a market community in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales, approximately 7 miles (11 km) west of Cardiff (12 miles west of Cardiff Bridge). Cowbridge is twinned with Clisson in the Loire-Atlantique department in northwestern France. Cowbridge belongs to the Cowbridge with Llanblethian community (civil parish) which elects a Community Council. A Cowbridge electoral ward exists for political elections to the Vale of Glamorgan Council. This ward includes Cowbridge and Llanblethian however extends southern to Llanfair. The complete population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 6,180.