Welcome to Swansea!
Swansea (Welsh: Abertawe) is a city on the beautiful Gower Peninsula, the United Kingdom's first designated "Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty". With a population approaching 250,000 (2016), it is the second largest city in Wales and is known for its Blue Flag beaches and stunning coastal walks.
Swansea (Welsh: Abertawe) is a coastal city and the second-largest city in Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Swansea (Welsh: Dinas a Sir Abertawe) and the city is the twenty-fifth largest in the United Kingdom. Located along Swansea Bay in the southwest of Wales, with the principal area covering the Gower Peninsula, it is part of the Swansea Bay City Region, the historic county of Glamorgan, and the ancient Welsh commote of Gŵyr. The principal area is the second most populous local authority area in Wales with a population of est. 312,872 in 2021. Swansea, along with Neath and Port Talbot, forms the Swansea Urban Area with a population of 300,352 in 2011.
During the 19th-century industrial heyday, Swansea was the key center of the copper-smelting industry, earning the nickname Copperopolis.