Abergavenny
Sign in to saveAbergavenny (; , , 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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- community
- Official name
- Abergavenny
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Monmouthshire
- Population
- 9628
- Area
- 1032.5
- Body of water
- River Usk
- Official website
- www.visitabergavenny.co.uk
- Image
- Abergavenny panorama.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01873
Show 12 more facts
- postal code
- NP7
- OS grid reference
- SO295145
- twinned administrative body
- Beaupréau
- Commons category
- Abergavenny
- topic's main category
- Category:Abergavenny
- category for people born here
- Q8042203
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Abergavenny
- native label
- Y Fenni
- P8168
- Andris Ameriks
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- historic county
- Monmouthshire
- P12749
- Clubionidae
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Encyclopedic overview
29 sectionsContents
- 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
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.
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Abergavenny” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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