Anglesey

Anglesey (Welsh: Ynys Môn, pronounced {{IPA|/?ɐnɪs'mo:n/}} (IPA), unniss mawn), is an island and county at the north western extremity of North Wales. It is separated from the mainland by a narrow stretch of water known as the Menai Strait. It is connected to the mainland by two bridges, the original Menai Suspension Bridge (carrying the A5), built by Thomas Telford in 1826 as a road link, and the newer, twice reconstructed Britannia Bridge, carrying the A55 and the North Wales Coast Railway line.

Politics

Anglesey (together with Holy Island) is one of the thirteen traditional counties of Wales. In 1974 it formed a district of the new large administrative county of Gwynedd, until in the 1996 reform of local government it was restored as an administrative county. The county council is a unitary authority and is named "Isle of Anglesey County Council / Cyngor Sir Ynys Môn". At the latest local elections in 2004, while there is still a majority of independent councillors (28 out of 40), the notion that the council is controlled by independents is incorrect. Technically, the council is under no overall control - the independents, along with some of the party-backed members, are divided into three factions, the largest of which consists of some 14 councillors.

Related Topics:
Traditional counties of Wales - Administrative county - Gwynedd - Unitary authority - 2004

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