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Population and Administration

Cardiff has a population of 305,340 (2001). The administrative centre of the unitary authority is Cardiff and nearly all of the county borough’s population is concentrated in the city and surrounding suburbs, the most populous of these include Butetown, Cathays, Ely, Grangetown, Llandaff, Llanishen, and Rumney. Smaller towns and villages situated a short distance from Cardiff city include Lisvane, Morganstown, Pentrych, Radyr, St Mellons, and Whitchurch.

There is a crown court in Cardiff. The police authority is the South Wales Constabulary, which has its headquarters in Bridgend, in Bridgend unitary authority.