Abergavenny

Abergavenny (; , , archaically , ) is a market town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales. Abergavenny is promoted as a "Gateway to Wales"; it is approximately from the border with England (Herefordshire) and is located where the A40 trunk road and the recently upgraded A465 Heads of the Valleys road meet.

Key facts

UK place.country: Wales
UK place.official_name: Abergavenny
UK place.welsh_name: Y Fenni
UK place.community_wales: Abergavenny
UK place.unitary_wales: Monmouthshire
UK place.lieutenancy_wales: Gwent
UK place.constituency_westminster: Monmouthshire
UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly: Monmouth
UK place.post_town: ABERGAVENNY
UK place.postcode_area: NP
UK place.postcode_district: NP7
UK place.dial_code: 01873
UK place.os_grid_reference: SO295145
UK place.population: 13695
UK place.population_ref: (2021)
UK place.static_image_name: Abergavenny.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: The clock tower of Abergavenny Town Hall, Cross Street
UK place.module: 240pxMap of the community

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Abergavenny
Population: 9628
Area: 1032.5
Official website: www.visitabergavenny.co.uk
Image: Abergavenny panorama.jpg
Dialing code: 01873

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postal code: NP7
OS grid reference: SO295145
Commons category: Abergavenny
native label: Y Fenni
P8168: Andris Ameriks
P12749: Clubionidae

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Contents

Etymology
Geography
History
Roman period
11th century
12th and 13th centuries
15th to 17th centuries
19th and 20th centuries
Baron of Abergavenny
Events
Welsh language
Sport
Cattle market
Culture
Cultural history
In popular culture
Transport
Railway
Roads
Buses
Notable buildings
Parks and gardens
Twinning
Military
Notable people
See also
References
Sources
External links

Originally the site of a Roman fort, Gobannium, it became a medieval walled town within the Welsh Marches. The town contains the remains of a medieval stone castle built soon after the Norman conquest of Wales.