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Monmouthshire

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Monmouthshire, county, 328 sq mi (851 sq km), SE Wales. In 1974 most of the old county of Monmouthshire was reorganized as the nonmetropolitan county of Gwent Gwent , former county, SE Wales. Created in the 1974 administrative reorganization of Wales from most of Monmouthshire and part of Breconshire, it was dissolved in 1996 and divided among the unitary authorities of Monmouthshire, Blaenau Gwent, Torfaen, Caerphilly, and Newport.
..... Click the link for more information. ; small areas in W Monmouthshire became part of the nonmetropolitan counties of Mid Glamorgan Mid Glamorgan , former county, S Wales. Created in the 1974 local government reorganization of Wales from portions of Breconshire, Glamorgan, and Monmouthshire, in 1996 it was divided among the unitary authorities of Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil,
..... Click the link for more information.  and South Glamorgan South Glamorgan , former county, S Wales. Created in the 1974 governmental reorganization of Wales from portions of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire, in the 1996 reorganization it was divided between the unitary authorities of Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan.
..... Click the link for more information. . In 1996, when Wales was again reorganized on the local level, the county of Monmouthshire was reestablished from E Gwent.
Monmouthshire
a county of E Wales: administratively part of England for three centuries (until 1830); mainly absorbed into the county of Gwent in 1974; reinstated with reduced boundaries in 1996: chiefly agricultural, with the Black Mountains in the N. Administrative centre: Cwmbran. Pop.: 86 200 (2003 est.). Area: 851 sq. km (329 sq. miles)
Monmouthshire 

a county in Great Britain, located in Wales on the Bristol Channel. Area, 1,400 sq km. Population, 461,500 (1971). The county’s administrative center is Newport. Monmouthshire is located in the South Wales coal and metallurgical region. Coal is mined and rolled metal, tin plate, and aluminum are manufactured. Oats and barley are cultivated, and sheep are raised.
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The correct title for the regiment is the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia) and is the only in the British Army with two "Royals" in its title.
Letter: Your Say - Get it right; In association with POST OFFICE by Birmingham Mail (England)
I WAS delighted to read that all members of Monmouthshire County Council have decided to take a cut in their allowances.
Straight to the point by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
The Landmark Wales partnership consists of seven local authorities, Capital Region Tourism and North Wales Economic Forum, with Monmouthshire County Council co-ordinating efforts for a successful bid to the Big Lottery fund for development.
WALES: Landmark plan gets global interest by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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