Monmouthshire
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| Monmouthshire administrative county | |
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| Monmouthshire historic county | |
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Monmouthshire (Welsh: Sir Fynwy) is a county in south-east Wales. The current administrative county was created in 1996 and covers the eastern half of the traditional area - namely the following towns:
The area has the following borders:
- East - District of Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire.
- Southwest - City of Newport
- West - County Borough of Torfaen
- North - Powys
The historic county of Monmouthshire includes Newport, and borders Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Brecknockshire, and Glamorgan. The administrative county of Gwent, which existed from 1974 to 1996, covered this area almost exactly.
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References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Monmouthshire" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monmouthshire, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
