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 that it is the largest town in England. The government-published "Key Statistics for Built-Up Areas 2011" show that the following are the largest urban areas in the United Kingdom not having a city as a component. The name shown is the largest town in the area: See List of urban areas in the United Kingdom for further examples. The largest local authorities to have applied for city status in the recent competitions are: Since being the seat of an Anglican diocese is no longer sufficient or necessary to gain city status, some cathedral towns exist: The 1911 "Encyclopædia Britannica" refers