This is a list of principal areas of Wales ordered by area.

Rank	District	Area (km²)	Style
1	Powys	5,196	County
2	Gwynedd	2,548	County
3	Carmarthenshire	2,395	County
4	Ceredigion	1,795	County
5	Pembrokeshire	1,590	County
6	Conwy	1,130	County borough
7	Monmouthshire	850	County
8	Denbighshire	844	County
9	Anglesey	714	County
10	Wrexham	498	County borough
11	Neath Port Talbot	442	County borough
12	Flintshire	438	County
13	Rhondda Cynon Taff	424	County borough
14	Swansea	378	City & County
15	Vale of Glamorgan	335	County borough
16	Caerphilly	278	County borough
17	Bridgend	246	County borough
18	Newport	190	City
19	Cardiff	140	City & County
20	Torfaen	126	County borough
21	Merthyr Tydfil	111	County borough
22	Blaenau Gwent	109	County borough

[edit] See also

• List of Welsh principal areas by population
• List of Welsh principal areas by percentage Welsh language
• List of English districts by area
• List of Scottish council areas by area