Monmouthshire

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Monmouthshire administrative county

Monmouthshire traditional county

Monmouthshire (Welsh: Sir Fynwy) is a county in south-east Wales. The current administrative area was created in 1996 and covers the eastern half of the traditional county - namely the following towns:

The area has the following borders:

East - District of Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire.
Southwest - City of Newport
West - County Borough of Torfaen
North - Powys

The traditional county of Monmouthshire includes Newport, and borders Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Brecknockshire, and Glamorgan. The administrative county of Gwent, which existed from 1974 to 1996, covered this area almost exactly. The county also includes the exclave of Welsh Bicknor, locally situated a short distance east of Monmouthshire's east border, sandwiched between the borders of Gloucestershire and Herefordshire.

Monmouthshire's status Welsh was unclear until 1974 when the area (as Gwent) was specifically incorporated into Wales as part of a local government reform. Previously the legal formula had been to refer to 'Wales and Monmouthshire'. In popular usage it had been considered part of Wales for many centuries.

External Links

Monmouthshire Council

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