Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire (; ) is a county in the south east of Wales. It borders Powys to the north; the English counties of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire to the north and east; the Severn Estuary to the south, and Torfaen, Newport and Blaenau Gwent to the west. The largest town is Abergavenny, and the administrative centre is Usk.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Monmouthshire
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- County
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- Arms of Monmouthshire County Council.svg
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- Monmouthshire UK location map.svg
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- Monmouthshire shown within Wales
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- Sovereign state
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- United Kingdom
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- Country
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- Wales
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- Region
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- Preserved county
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- Gwent
Article
51 sectionsContents
- History
- Pre-History
- Roman period
- Sub-Roman period
- Norman period and Middle Ages
- Monmouthshire 1535–1974
- Tudor reforms
- Civil war and religious strife
- Industrialisation
- Society, art and science
- War
- Gwent 1974–1996
- Late 20th and 21st centuries
- Geography
- Geology
- Coastline and landscape
- Biodiversity
- Climate
- Governance, politics and public services
- Local governance
- National representation
- Public services
- Demography
- Population
- Language, ethnicity and identity
- Religion
- Economy
- Employment
- Transport
- Road
- Rail
- Bus services
- Waterways
- Tourism
- Education and health
- Higher, further, secondary, primary and special education
- Health services
- Culture
- Flag
- Built and landscape heritage
- Sport and leisure
- Cuisine
- Media, the arts and local history
- Historiography
- See also
- Notes, references and sources
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Monmouthshire (; ) is a county in the south east of Wales. It borders Powys to the north; the English counties of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire to the north and east; the Severn Estuary to the south, and Torfaen, Newport and Blaenau Gwent to the west. The largest town is Abergavenny, and the administrative centre is Usk.
The county is rural, although adjacent to the city of Newport and the urbanised South Wales Valleys. It has an area of and a population of . Abergavenny is located in the north-east, and Usk in near the centre; other settlements include Monmouth in the east, Chepstow in the south-east, Caldicot in the south. Monmouthshire County Council is the local authority. Monmouthshire was established in 1996 and is named after the historic county of the same name, of which it covers approximately the eastern three-fifths. The county has one of the lowest percentages of Welsh speakers in Wales, at 8.2% of the population in 2021.