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Flintshire

Flintshire from 1996
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Flintshire until 1974
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Flintshire (Welsh Sir y Fflint) is a county in northern Wales. Places in Flintshire include

It borders, in England, Merseyside (across the Dee) and Cheshire, and in Wales, Wrexham and Denbighshire.

The current Flintshire came into existence in 1996. Flintshire is also a traditional county of Wales, which was abolished for administrative purposes in 1974. The historic county does not have the boundaries of modern administrative Flintshire, in particular it has a large exclave called Maelor Saesneg, it also includes Prestatyn and Rhyl which are now administered by Denbighshire.

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