Cities
There are six cities in total in Wales: in addition to the three principal areas with city status, the communities of Bangor, St David's and St. Asaph also have the status. City status is determined by letters patent.
- Bangor
- Cardiff
- Newport
- St Asaph
- St David's and the Cathedral Close
- Swansea
St. Asaph, as the seat of a bishopric, was historically referred to as a city, and was described as such in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. The status was never officially recognised, however. When city status was restored to St David's in 1994, St Asaph town council submitted a petition for the same purpose. The petition was refused as, unlike St David's, there was no evidence of any charter or letters patent in the past conferring the status. Applications for city status in competitions in 2000 and 2002 were unsuccessful. However, city status was finally granted in 2012 when St Asaph won the accolade as part of the Queen's diamond jubilee celebrations.
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