National Assembly for Wales Electoral Region Boundaries, December 2016

December 2016 digital vector boundaries for the National Assembly for Wales Electoral Regions. The dataset contains four boundary versions: full resolution extent of the realm, full resolution clipped to coastline, and generalised versions at 20m and 200m. It is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains Ordnance Survey and ONS intellectual property rights.

Use Cases

• Mapping electoral region extents based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Performing spatial analysis on Welsh administrative units based on the coastline-clipped versions.
• Creating simplified maps for visualization using the 20m or 200m generalised boundaries.

Strengths

• Provides four distinct boundary representations for flexibility in use.
• File sizes are specified, ranging from 61 KB to 3 MB.
• Contains boundaries as of a specific date: 31 December 2016.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the source and snapshot date.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Digital vector boundaries from Ordnance Survey and ONS.

Time Range

As at 31 December 2016.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:18.147537; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Wales