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Flintshire
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Flintshire () is a county in the north-east of Wales. It borders the Irish Sea to the north, the Dee Estuary to the north-east, the English county of Cheshire to the east, Wrexham County Borough to the south, and Denbighshire to the west. Connah's Quay is the largest town, and Flintshire County Council is based in Ewloe.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Flintshire
- Settlement.settlement_type
- County
- Settlement.image_shield
- Arms of Flintshire County Council.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Flintshire UK location map.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Flintshire 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
- Ewloe
- Settlement.government_type
- Principal council
- Settlement.governing_body
- Flintshire County Council
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- principal area of Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Wales
- Population
- 155593
- Area
- 437.4901
- Shares border with
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Official website
- www.flintshire.gov.uk
- Motto
- GOROU TARIAN, CYFIAWNDER
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- P12749
- Montluc Fort
- contains settlement
- Mold
- Commons category
- Flintshire
- topic's main category
- Category:Flintshire
- twinned administrative body
- Murata
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Flintshire
- category for people born here
- Category:People born in Flintshire
- inception
- 1996-04-01
- language used
- English language
- different from
- Flintshire
- historic county
- Flintshire
- replaces
- Q1067984
- OpenStreetMap zoom level
- 9
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Historic buildings and structures
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- Politics and government
- Notable people
- International relations
- See also
- References
- Sources
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Flintshire () is a county in the north-east of Wales. It borders the Irish Sea to the north, the Dee Estuary to the north-east, the English county of Cheshire to the east, Wrexham County Borough to the south, and Denbighshire to the west. Connah's Quay is the largest town, and Flintshire County Council is based in Ewloe.
The county covers , with a population of 155,000 in 2021. After Connah's Quay (16,771), the largest settlements are Flint (13,736), Buckley (16,127) and Mold (10,123). The east of the county is industrialised and contains the Deeside conurbation, which extends into Cheshire and has a population of 53,568. The adjacent coast is also home to industry, but further west has been developed for tourism, particularly at Talacre. Inland, the west of the county is sparsely populated and characterised by gentle hills, including part of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley AONB. The county is part of the preserved county of Clwyd.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Flintshire” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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