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Monmouthshire (/ ˈ m ɒ n m ə θ ʃ ər, ˈ m ʌ n-,-ʃ ɪər / MON-məth-shər, MUN-, -sheer; Welsh: Sir Fynwy) 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.
Monmouthshire County Council (or simply Monmouthshire Council) (Welsh: Cyngor Sir Fynwy) is the governing body for the Monmouthshire principal area – one of the unitary authorities of Wales. The current unitary authority was created in 1996 and covers the eastern three-fifths of the historic county of Monmouthshire .
Monmouthshire (/ ˈ m ɒ n m ə θ ʃ ər, ˈ m ʌ n-,-ʃ ɪər / MON-məth-shər, MUN-, -sheer), also formerly known as the County of Monmouth (/ ˈ m ɒ n m ə θ, ˈ m ʌ n-/ MON-məth, MUN-; Welsh: Sir Fynwy), was one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales in the south-east of Wales, on the border with England.
Four county councillors are elected from these wards for Monmouthshire County Council. Until 2022 the Town Council comprised 16 members. From 2022 it was increased to 19 members, who are elected every five years. Wyesham, Osbaston, Town and Overmonnow wards have four members in the council, while Drybridge has three representatives. [9]
Map of places in Monmouthshire compiled from this list See the list of places in Wales for places in other principal areas. This is a list of places in Monmouthshire , Wales , sorted alphabetically.
The Monmouthshire constituency covered the county of Monmouth, except that from 1832 there was a borough constituency, Monmouth Boroughs, within the county.. The constituency was re-established, as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final proposals of the Boundary Commission for Wales for the 2024 general election.
It covers the entire historic county of Monmouthshire, plus the ancient parish of Llanedeyrn (which was in the historic county of Glamorgan), minus a few areas on the Wales-England border (Dixton, Llangua and Welsh Bicknor). In local government terms, the territory of the diocese covers the unitary authority areas of: Monmouthshire; Newport ...
Monmouthshire has 200 scheduled monuments.The 46 prehistoric scheduled sites include burial sites, enclosures and 16 hill forts.Ten sites date from the Roman period, including four villas.