Talk:Caerphilly

Error

Is it Glemorgan or Gwent? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 213.45.237.154 (talk • contribs).

The county situation is complicated, as the system of local government has changed several times, but different organisations (and often the general public as well) retain the use of historic subdivisions no longer used administratively. Caerphilly is even more confusing because it lies on the boundary between traditional counties, and appears to have been west of the border originally, and then placed east of the border when a new system came in several decades ago. I've tried to clarify the situation, but I'm a little confused by it myself! Joe D (t) 14:56, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Joe, you are right to be confused. The only way to please everyone is to say "both". There are different systems for different purposes. The town is entirely west of the Rhymney and therefore in Glamorgan (Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen east of the Rhymney are separate towns in Monmouthshire). Since 2003 Caerphilly comes under the lieutenancy area of Gwent. Fortunately the present system of Lieutenancy areas and historic counties use different and unambiguous names so it's quite easy to separate the two apart. The same unfortunately cannot be said for the present system of local government areas, which are a mix of some areas with the same name as towns, some with the same name as historic counties and some with the same name as lieutenancy areas! Owain (talk) 14:26, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

South Wales?

Weisinger, please quote the exact phrase in (Wikipedia:WikiProject UK geography/How to write about settlements) that indicates that 'South Wales' is not to be used as a geographical area. Thank you. ♦ Jongleur100 ♦ ^talk 22:49, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Economic decline

According to http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markeaston/2008/11/mapof_the_week_1.html , it's the only area in England and Wales whose wealth went down over the last 5 years... AnonMoos (talk) 20:15, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

404! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.138.86.250 (talk) 10:35, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

name confusion

Hello, is there any thing that can be put in the article or any source of information as to why the name appears to be half welsh, half English? This has confused me for a while, when I read caer, I am reading in welsh mode, then I get to philly and it throws me. It's very weird. Why is it that when the name was Anglicised, they didn't also Anglicise caer to car? Like in Caerdydd? Surely the English name should be Carphilly? Drag-5 (talk) 13:55, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Sister/Twinned Cities?

Caerphilly is twinned with Písek, Czech Republic and Ludwigsburg, Germany. We appear in these towns’ Wikipedia articles but they do not appear in ours. Perhaps it would be prudent to include a category for this? It would also be interesting to explain some of the effects of this partnership if anyone is willing to do the research. 2A01:4C8:69:31D:7D3E:EFD6:7158:5942 (talk) 16:46, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

Pronunication

Never mind what the Longman dictionary says, nobody pronounces it /kəˈfɪli/ or /kɑːrˈfɪli/ ~2025-31496-58 (talk) 20:28, 5 November 2025 (UTC)