Community (Wales) Most, but not all, communities are administered by Community councils, which are equivalent to English parish councils in terms of their powers and the way they operate. Welsh community councils may call themselves town councils unilaterally and may have city status granted by the Crown. In Wales, all town councils are community councils. There are now three communities with city status: Bangor, St Asaph and St Davids. The Chair of a town council or city council will usually have the title Mayor (Welsh: "maer"). However, not every community has a council. In communities with populations too small to sustain a
City status in the United Kingdom Newry is the only city in Northern Ireland that does not have a Church of Ireland cathedral within its borders. A number of towns describe themselves as cities (at least in some contexts), despite not having the requisite Charter. City status in the United Kingdom City status in the United Kingdom is granted by the monarch of the United Kingdom to a select group of communities: , there are 69 cities in the United Kingdom – 51 in England, six in Wales, seven in Scotland and five in Northern Ireland. The holding of city status gives a settlement no special