Bridgend County Borough is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It is one of the 22 principal areas of Wales.
Communities are the lowest tier of local government in Wales. Unlike English counties, which often contain unparished areas, all Welsh principal areas are entirely divided into communities.
There are 20 communities in Bridgend County Borough, with Ogmore Valley being the largest and Porthcawl the most populated. All of them have a community council, with four calling themselves town councils in Bridgend, Maesteg, Pencoed and Porthcawl.
| scope=col colspan=2 | Community | scope=col rowspan=2 | Population (2011) | scope=col rowspan=2 | Area (km2, 2011) | scope=col rowspan=2 | Pre-1974 district | scope=col rowspan=2 class=unsortable | Remarks | scope=col rowspan=2 class=unsortable | Refs | scope=col rowspan=2 class=unsortable | Location map |
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| scope=col | English | scope=col | Welsh | ||||||||||
| Bracla | 11,749 | 3.21 | Bridgend Urban District | [1] | |||||||||
| Pen-y-Bont ar Ogwr | 14,912 | 6.5 | Bridgend Urban District | Town. | [2] | ||||||||
| Cefn Cribwr | 1,481 | 7.48 | Pen-y-bont Rural District | [3] | |||||||||
| Coety Uchaf | 6,078 | 6.78 | Pen-y-bont Rural District | Includes Coity and Litchard. | [4] | ||||||||
| Corneli | 7,059 | 16.61 | Pen-y-bont Rural District | Created in 2002 from the community of Cynffig. Includes North Cornelly, South Cornelly and Kenfig. | [5] [6] | ||||||||
| Llangrallo Uchaf | 888 | 15.19 | Pen-y-bont Rural District | Includes Heol-y-Cyw. | [7] | ||||||||
| Llangrallo Isaf | 1,365 | 6.81 | Pen-y-bont Rural District | Includes Coychurch. | [8] | ||||||||
| Cwm Garw | 7,784 | 30.9 | Ogmore and Garw Rural District | Includes Bettws, Blaengarw, Llangeinor and Pontycymer. | [9] | ||||||||
| Trelales | 1,365 | 6.81 | Pen-y-bont Rural District | Includes Broadlands, Cefn Glas and Tythegston. | [10] | ||||||||
| Llangynwyd Isaf | 440 | 8.89 | Pen-y-bont Rural District | Includes Coytrahen. | [11] | ||||||||
| Llangynwyd Ganol | 3,032 | 13.51 | Pen-y-bont Rural District | Includes Cwmfelin and Llangynwyd. | [12] | ||||||||
| Maesteg | 17,580 | 27.21 | Maesteg Urban District | Town. | [13] | ||||||||
| Merthyr Mawr | 267 | 14.67 | Pen-y-bont Rural District | Includes Tythegston. | [14] | ||||||||
| Y Castellnewydd ar Ogwr | 4,046 | 6.62 | Pen-y-bont Rural District | Includes Aberkenfig and Pen-y-fai. | [15] | ||||||||
| Cwm Ogwr | 7,954 | 38.47 | Ogmore and Garw Rural District | Includes Nantymoel, Ogmore Vale, Price Town and Wyndham. | [16] | ||||||||
| Pen-coed | 9,166 | 8.78 | Pen-y-bont Rural District | Town. | [17] | ||||||||
| Porthcawl | 16,005 | 13.39 | Porthcawl Urban District | Town. | [18] | ||||||||
| Y Pîl | 7,405 | 3.23 | Pen-y-bont Rural District | Created in 2002 from the community of Cynffig. Includes Kenfig Hill. | [19] | ||||||||
| Llansanffraid-ar-Ogwr | 6,014 | 10.34 | Pen-y-bont Rural District | Includes Abergarw, Bryncethin and Sarn. | [20] | ||||||||
| Ynysawdre | 3,367 | 1.91 | Pen-y-bont Rural District | Includes Brynmenyn and Tondu. | [21] |