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Wales Map

Every principal area, city and town in Wales on one zoomable map, with its main highways, rivers and lakes. Switch on towns and principal areas above the map and zoom in for every name; tap a principal area to see its population, area and largest towns.

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Printable maps of Wales

Free to print for class and home: Wales with its cities and towns, a map of its principal areas, and a blank outline map. PDFs fit one A4 or US Letter page.

Wales map with cities

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Wales principal areas map

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Blank map of Wales

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About Wales

Wales has 22 principal areas and about 3,175,181 people (2025) on 20,737 km² (8,007 sq mi). Cardiff is both the capital and the largest city, with 348,535 people (2021). It borders England.

Cardiff is the most populous principal area (381,516 people) and Merthyr Tydfil the least (58,362); Powys is the largest by area (5,181 km²) and Blaenau Gwent the smallest (109 km²).

Largest cities in Wales

The 25 most populous cities and towns. All 214 are on the map above: switch on Towns and zoom in to see them.

#CityPrincipal areaPopulation
1CardiffCardiff348,535
2SwanseaSwansea170,085
3NewportNewport130,890
4BarryVale of Glamorgan56,605
5BridgendBridgend51,760
6CwmbrânTorfaen47,090
7WrexhamWrexham44,785
8LlanelliCarmarthenshire42,155
9NeathNeath Port Talbot40,730
10Merthyr TydfilMerthyr Tydfil39,535
11AberdareRhondda Cynon Taf37,675
12CaerphillyCaerphilly33,105
13PontypriddRhondda Cynon Taf31,900
14Port TalbotNeath Port Talbot31,555
15Colwyn BayConwy29,275
16PontypoolTorfaen29,070
17PenarthVale of Glamorgan28,395
18RhylDenbighshire26,990
19Ebbw ValeBlaenau Gwent19,630
20MaestegBridgend18,335
21TonypandyRhondda Cynon Taf17,210
22BangorGwynedd16,990
23Connah's QuayFlintshire16,770
24PrestatynDenbighshire16,675
25CarmarthenCarmarthenshire16,455

Populations of the principal areas are ONS mid-2025 estimates; towns are ONS built-up areas (2022) with their Census 2021 usual residents.

Principal areas of Wales

All 22 principal areas. Select one to show it on the map.

Principal areas of Wales. Select a column heading to sort; select a name to show it on the map.
Principal area67,593109
Principal area146,986251
Principal area176,078277
Principal area381,516141
Principal area190,0372,370
Principal area72,6961,785
Principal area114,4211,126
Principal area98,247837
Principal area155,954440
Principal area120,2952,535
Principal area68,607712
Principal area58,362111
Principal area95,329849
Principal area142,028441
Principal area168,584190
Principal area125,8491,618
Principal area134,8435,181
Principal area241,015424
Principal area249,429378
Principal area93,973126
Principal area135,362331
Principal area137,977504

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Sources

  • Boundaries: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Open Geography Portal, Countries and Counties and Unitary Authorities (December 2025), generalised clipped boundaries; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
  • Populations and land areas: ONS, Population estimates for the UK, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland: mid-2025 (with National Records of Scotland and NISRA).
  • Towns: ONS Built-up Areas (2022) with Census 2021 usual residents (Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales: Census 2021).
  • Roads: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Roads (motorways and primary A roads).