Denbighshire
Sign in to savethumb|Berwyn Viaducts, Denbighshire Denbighshire ( ; ) is a county in the north-east of Wales. It borders the Irish Sea to the north, Flintshire to the east, Wrexham to the southeast, Powys to the south, and Gwynedd and Conwy to the west. Rhyl is the largest town, and Ruthin is the administrative centre. Its borders differ from the historic county of the same name.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Denbighshire
- Settlement.settlement_type
- County
- Settlement.image_alt
- Collage of three images, with Eglwyseg valley on top, lower-left a seafront sculpture in Prestatyn, and lower-right Rhuddlan Castle
- Settlement.image_shield
- Arms of Denbighshire County Council.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Denbighshire UK location map.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Denbighshire shown within Wales
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Sovereign state
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- United Kingdom
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Wales
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Preservedcounty
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Clwyd
- Settlement.established_title
- Incorporated
- Settlement.established_date
- 1 April 1996
- Settlement.seat_type
- Administrative HQ
- Settlement.seat
- Ruthin
- Settlement.government_type
- Principal council
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Article
11 sectionsContents
- Formation
- Early history
- Archaeology
- Geography
- Population
- Economy
- Transport
- Politics
- See also
- References
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thumb|Berwyn Viaducts, Denbighshire Denbighshire ( ; ) is a county in the north-east of Wales. It borders the Irish Sea to the north, Flintshire to the east, Wrexham to the southeast, Powys to the south, and Gwynedd and Conwy to the west. Rhyl is the largest town, and Ruthin is the administrative centre. Its borders differ from the historic county of the same name.
Denbighshire has an area of and a population of 95,800, making it sparsely populated. The most populous area is the coast, where Rhyl and Prestatyn form a single built-up area with a population of 46,267. The next-largest towns are Denbigh, Ruthin, and Rhuddlan, while St Asaph is its only city. All of these settlements are in the northern half of the county; the south is even less densely populated, and the only towns are Corwen and Llangollen.