Editing Cowbridge (section)

{{Short description|Town in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales}}
{{for|the bridge in Yorkshire|Cow Bridge}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| coordinates                 = {{coord|51.4605|-3.4480|display=inline,title}}
| country                     = Wales
| official_name               = Cowbridge
| welsh_name                  = Y Bont-faen
| community_wales             = [[Cowbridge with Llanblethian]]  <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cowbridge-tc.gov.uk/about-the-council/|title=Cowbridge (Ancient Borough) with Llanblethian Town Council|website=www.cowbridge-tc.gov.uk}}</ref>
| unitary_wales               = [[Vale of Glamorgan]]
| lieutenancy_wales           = [[South Glamorgan]]
| constituency_westminster    = [[Vale of Glamorgan (UK Parliament constituency)|Vale of Glamorgan]]
| constituency_welsh_assembly = [[Vale of Glamorgan (Assembly constituency)|Vale of Glamorgan]]
| post_town                   = COWBRIDGE
| postcode_area               = CF
| postcode_district           = CF71
| dial_code                   = 01446
| os_grid_reference           = SS995745
| population                  = 4,063
| population_ref              = (community 2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11122387&c=CF71+7EX&d=16&e=62&g=6494286&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1428578349972&enc=1|title=Community population 2011|access-date=9 April 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035053/https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11122387&c=CF71+7EX&d=16&e=62&g=6494286&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1428578349972&enc=1|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| static_image_name           = Cowbridge High Street.jpg
| static_image_caption        = Cowbridge High Street
}}

'''Cowbridge''' ({{langx|cy|Y Bont-faen}}) is a [[market town]] in the [[Vale of Glamorgan]], [[Wales]], approximately {{convert|12|mi|}} west of the centre of [[Cardiff]].

The [[Cowbridge with Llanblethian]] [[Community (Wales)|community]] and civil parish elect a town council.<ref>[http://www.cowbridge-tc.gov.uk/about-the-council/ About Cowbridge (Ancient Borough) with Llanblethian Town Council] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724153911/http://www.cowbridge-tc.gov.uk/about-the-council/ |date=24 July 2018 }}, Cowbridge (Ancient Borough) with Llanblethian Town Council. Retrieved 10 April 2016.</ref>
A [[Cowbridge (electoral ward)|Cowbridge]] [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral ward]] exists for elections to the [[Vale of Glamorgan Council]]. This ward includes Cowbridge, [[Llanblethian]] and [[Llanfair, Vale of Glamorgan|Llanfair]].

The total population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 6,180.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/cowbridge-w05000638#sthash.Ns7sQoDJ.dpbs|title=Ward population 2011 |access-date=9 April 2015}}</ref>