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Monmouthshire

mouthshire is a principal area

Principal area

In England and Wales Local government in the United Kingdom legislation, a principal area is one of the various sub-national areas established for control by a principal council....
in south east Wales

Wales

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**Monmouthshire principal area**

Geography
Area Surface area Surface area is how much exposed area an object has. It is expressed in square units. If an object has flat Face , its surface area can be calculated by adding together the areas of its faces.... - Total - % Water	Ranked 7th List of Welsh principal areas by area This is a list of subdivisions of Wales ordered by area.... 850 1 E8 m² To help compare different orders of magnitude and geographical regions, we list here areas between 100 square kilometre and 1000 km?. See also areas of other orders of magnitude.... km² ? %
Admin HQ	Cwmbran Cwmbran Cwmbran is a new town in Wales within the Historic counties of Wales of Monmouthshire , and county borough of Torfaen. It was established in 1949 to provide new employment opportunities in the south eastern portion of the South Wales Coalfield....
ISO 3166-2 ISO 3166-2:GB ISO 3166-2:GB is an International Organization for Standardization standard which defines geocodes: it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to the United Kingdom....	GB-MON
ONS code ONS coding system The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating census and other statistical data....	00PP
Demographics
Population Population File:Population density.pngIn biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings.... : - Total - Density Density The density of a material is defined as its mass per unit volume. The symbol of density is ....	Ranked List of Welsh principal areas by population This is a list of subdivisions of Wales ordered by population.The figures are mid-year estimates for 2007 from the Office for National Statistics.... Ranked List of Welsh principal areas by population density This is a List of Subdivisions of Wales by population density in the United_Kingdom_Census_2001.... / km²
Ethnicity	97.5% White
Welsh language Welsh language Welsh ]], is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, in England by some along the Welsh Marches and in the Welsh settlement in Argentina in the Chubut Valley in Argentina Patagonia.... - Any skills	Ranked 22nd List of Welsh principal areas by percentage Welsh language This is a List of Subdivisions of Wales by the percentage of those professing some skills in the Welsh language in Wales in the United_Kingdom_Census_2001.... 12.9%
MP	David Davies
AM	Nick Ramsay Nick Ramsay Nick Ramsay is a British Conservative politician who has been a Member of the National Assembly for Wales since 2007. He currently represents the constituency of Monmouth ....

Monmouthshire is a principal area

Principal area

Wales

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. The name derives from the historic county of Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire (historic)

Monmouthshire , also known as the County of Monmouth , is one of thirteen Historic counties of Wales of Wales and a former Administrative divisions of Wales....
which covers a larger area.

Historic county

The historic county of Monmouthshire was formed from the Welsh Marches by the Laws in Wales Act 1535

Laws in Wales Acts 1535-1542

The Laws in Wales Acts 1535?1542 were a series of parliamentary measures by which the legal system of Wales was annexed to Kingdom of England and the norms of English administration introduced in order to create a single state and a single legal jurisdiction, which is frequently referred to as England and Wales....
. The county borders Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire is a Counties of England in South West England England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....
to the east, Herefordshire

Herefordshire

Herefordshire is a Historic counties of England and Ceremonial counties of England Counties of England in the West Midlands Regions of England of England....
to the northeast, Brecknockshire

Brecknockshire

Brecknockshire , also known as the County of Brecknock, Breconshire, or the County of Brecon is one of thirteen historic counties of Wales of Wales, and a former administrative county....
to the north, and Glamorgan

Glamorgan

Glamorgan or Glamorganshire is one of the thirteen Historic counties of Wales and a former Administrative divisions of Wales of Wales. It was originally an early medieval monarchy of varying names and boundaries until taken over by the Anglo-Norman as a lordship....
to the west. Between the 16th and 20th centuries there was some ambiguity as to whether the county was part of Wales or England, but since 1974 the area has been placed definitively in Wales

Wales

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. The eastern and southern boundaries of the historic county and principal area are the same; however, the western two-fifths of the historic county are now administered by the other unitary authorities

Subdivisions of Wales

For local government purposes, Wales is divided into 22 unitary authorities, which are responsible for the provision of all local government services, including education, social work, environment and roads services....
of Blaenau Gwent

Blaenau Gwent

Blaenau Gwent is a county borough and Blaenau Gwent in South Wales. It borders the subdivisions of Wales of Monmouthshire and Torfaen to the east, Caerphilly to the west and Powys to the north....
, Torfaen

Torfaen

Caerphilly (county borough)

Caerphilly is a local government Principal areas of Wales in southern Wales, straddling the Historic counties of Wales between Glamorgan and Monmouthshire....
and Newport

Newport

Newport is a City status in the United Kingdom and Administrative divisions of Wales in Wales, in the United Kingdom. Standing on the banks of the River Usk, located roughly between Cardiff and Bristol, it is the cultural capital and largest urban area in the Historic counties of Wales of Monmouthshire and is governed by the unitary authori...
. The administrative county

Administrative county

An administrative county was an administrative division in England and Wales and Ireland used for the purposes of local government. They are now abolished, although in Northern Ireland their former areas are used as the basis for lieutenancy....
of Monmouthshire, and associated Lieutenancy

Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire

This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire . Before the English Civil War, the lieutenancy of Monmouthshire was held by the Lord Lieutenant of Wales, except for the period from 1602 to 1629, when it formed a separate lieutenancy in conjunction with Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan....
were abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972

Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, that reformed local government in the United Kingdom in England and Wales, on 1 April 1974....
. The area largely became part of the new local government and ceremonial county of Gwent

Gwent (county)

Principal area

The current unitary authority

Subdivisions of Wales

Monmouth (district)

The Monmouth district was one of five districts of Gwent in Wales between 1974 and 1996. In 1988 the district was granted a charter conferring borough status in the United Kingdom, becoming the Borough of Monmouth ....
along with the Llanelly

Llanelly

Llanelly is the name of both a village and its respective parish in Monmouthshire principal area, within the Historic counties of Wales of Brecknockshire, south-east Wales....
community from Blaenau Gwent

Blaenau Gwent

Districts of Wales

In 1974, Wales was re-divided for local government in the United Kingdom purposes into thirty-seven districts. Districts were the second tier of local government introduced by the Local Government Act 1972, being subdivisions of the eight Administrative divisions of Wales#Counties introduced at the same time....
s of Gwent

Gwent (county)

Gwent is a preserved counties of Wales and a former local government county in south-east Wales. It was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, and was named after the ancient Kingdom of Gwent....
. The use of the name "Monmouthshire" rather than "Monmouth" for the area was mildly controversial, being supported by the MP for Monmouth

Monmouth (UK Parliament constituency)

Monmouth is a county constituency of the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom , first used in the United Kingdom general election, 1918....
, Roger Evans

Roger Evans

Jeremy Roger Evans is a Conservative Party politician and member of the London Assembly for Havering and Redbridge . He is a former councillor and leader of the Conservative group in the London Borough of Waltham Forest....
, but being opposed by Paul Murphy

Paul Murphy (politician)

Paul Peter Murphy Privy Council of the United Kingdom is a United Kingdom politician. He is Member of Parliament for Torfaen representing the Labour Party ....
, MP for Torfaen

Torfaen (UK Parliament constituency)

Torfaen is a county constituency represented in the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returns one Member of Parliament , elected by the first past the post system....
(inside the historic county of Monmouthshire but being reconstituted as a separate unitary authority). By area it covers some 60% of the historic county, but only 20% of the population. The council's administrative headquarters are at the former Gwent County Hall at Croesyceiliog

Croesyceiliog

Croesyceiliog is a suburb of Cwmbran in the county borough of Torfaen, south Wales, United Kingdom....
, Cwmbran

Cwmbran

Cwmbran is a new town in Wales within the Historic counties of Wales of Monmouthshire , and county borough of Torfaen. It was established in 1949 to provide new employment opportunities in the south eastern portion of the South Wales Coalfield....
— outside of its own jurisdiction in the neighbouring borough of Torfaen

Torfaen

Torfaen is a county borough in Wales within the Historic counties of Wales of Monmouthshire . It was originally formed in 1974 as a district of the counties of Wales of Gwent and in 1996 it was reconstituted as a Local government in Wales....
. It is the only principal area in Wales administered from outside its boundaries. In comparison to the pre-1974 areas it covers:

the former boroughs of Abergavenny
Abergavenny

Abergavenny , meaning Mouth of the River Gavenny, is a market town in Monmouthshire, Wales.It is located 24 km west of Monmouth on the A40 road and A465 road roads, 10 km from the England border within the Welsh Marches....
and Monmouth
Monmouth

Monmouth is a town in southeast Wales and traditional county town of the Historic counties of Wales of Monmouthshire . It is situated where the River Monnow meets the River Wye with bridges over both ....
the former urban districts of Chepstow
Chepstow

Chepstow is a town in Monmouthshire, Wales, adjoining Wales-England border with Gloucestershire, England. It is located on the River Wye, close to its confluence with the River Severn, and close to the western end of the Severn Bridge on the M48 motorway....
and Usk
Usk

Usk is a small picturesque town in Monmouthshire, Wales, situated 10 miles northeast of Newport.Usk is noted for its rural setting, tranquil lifestyle and quality of life....
the former rural districts of Abergavenny, Chepstow
Chepstow Rural District

Chepstow Rural District Council was a rural district in the administrative county of Monmouthshire , Wales. It was established under the Local Government Act 1894, and was abolished in 1974 when its functions were assumed by the new Monmouth ....
and Monmouth
the former rural district of Pontypool, except the community of Llanfrechfa Lower
the parish of Llanelly
Llanelly

Llanelly is the name of both a village and its respective parish in Monmouthshire principal area, within the Historic counties of Wales of Brecknockshire, south-east Wales....
from the former Crickhowell Rural District in Brecknockshire
Brecknockshire

Brecknockshire , also known as the County of Brecknock, Breconshire, or the County of Brecon is one of thirteen historic counties of Wales of Wales, and a former administrative county....

Places of interest

See List of places in Monmouthshire
List of places in Monmouthshire

This is a list of places in Monmouthshire, Wales, sorted alphabetically....
for a list of settlements in the principal area.

Schools

Top performing secondary school

Secondary school

Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of compulsory schooling, known as secondary education, takes place....
s controlled by Monmouthshire LEA (5 GCSEs, grades A-C), according to the latest inspection report from Estyn

Estyn

Estyn is the office of Her Majesty's Inspectorate for Education and Training in Wales. It is funded by the National Assembly for Wales, though is independent from it....
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64% Chepstow School

Chepstow School

Chepstow School is a Wales comprehensive school , located in Chepstow, Monmouthshire and overseen by the Monmouthshire Local Education Authority....
, Chepstow

Chepstow

Chepstow is a town in Monmouthshire, Wales, adjoining Wales-England border with Gloucestershire, England. It is located on the River Wye, close to its confluence with the River Severn, and close to the western end of the Severn Bridge on the M48 motorway....

59% Monmouth Comprehensive School, Monmouth

Monmouth

Monmouth is a town in southeast Wales and traditional county town of the Historic counties of Wales of Monmouthshire . It is situated where the River Monnow meets the River Wye with bridges over both ....

53% King Henry VIII School

King Henry VIII School Abergavenny

King Henry VIII School Abergavenny is a co-educational comprehensive school in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, South Wales....
, Abergavenny

Abergavenny

Abergavenny , meaning Mouth of the River Gavenny, is a market town in Monmouthshire, Wales.It is located 24 km west of Monmouth on the A40 road and A465 road roads, 10 km from the England border within the Welsh Marches....

Monmouthshire

Historic county

Principal area

Places of interest

Schools

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