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Monmouthshire (/ˈmɒnməθʃər, –ʃɪər/ en galés: Sir Fynwy) es una autoridad unitaria de Gales, en el Reino Unido. [1] [2] Constituyó asimismo uno de sus trece condados históricos, ocupando la región histórica homónima. Se encuentra en la región sociohistórica de Gales del Sur.
Monmouthshire (/ ˈ m ɒ n m ə θ ʃ ər, ˈ m ʌ n-/ MON-məth-shər, MUN-; 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.
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The name Monmouth is an English contraction of 'Monnow-mouth'. The Welsh name for the river, Mynwy, which may originally have meant "fast-flowing", was anglicised as Monnow. The town was originally known in Welsh as Abermynwy ("mouth of the Monnow"), replaced by Trefynwy ("Monnow town" – the initial m of Mynwy mutating in Welsh to f, pronounced /v/...
Excavations undertaken by the Monmouth Archaeological Society on sites along Monnow Street have uncovered details of the early history of the town. The Council for British Archaeologyhas designated Monmouth as one of the top ten towns in Britain for archaeology.
Monmouth is the focus of MonmouthpediA, the first Wikipedia GLAM project to cover a whole town, creating Wikipedia articles on interesting and notable features and aspects of the town. It uses QRpedia QR codes to deliver articles to users, in English, Welshor alternative languages.
Monmouth is in an area of Devonian age Old Red Sandstone, at the point where the River Wye is joined by its tributary, the River Monnow, and immediately north of the point at which the smaller River Trothy flows into the Wye from the west. Immediately to the south, the Wye enters a valley, incised into sandstone and, in particular, Carboniferous Li...
Since 1966, the A40 dual carriageway road runs past Monmouth linking with the M50 motorway at Ross-on-Wye. South of the town, the road passes through a short tunnel beneath Gibraltar Hill. It follows the River Wye valley from the northeast of Monmouth. The A466 road, also known as the Wye Valley Road, crosses the A40, linking Chepstow and Hereford,...
Monmouth is administered by Monmouthshire County Council, one of the 22 unitary local authorities in Wales formed in 1996. Its offices were located until 2012 at the former Gwent County Hall at Croesyceiliog, Cwmbran; its main offices are now located at Rhydar, just outside Usk. The town elects five county councillors, for the wards of Dixton with ...
Monmouth developed primarily as a market town, and agricultural centre, rather than as a centre of industry. The wool industry was important in its early growth, and the town was a centre for the production of the very popular knitted and felted Monmouth caps, from the 15th century onwards. Historically, Monmouth also had iron and tinplateworks, to...
The usual resident population in the 2001 census was 8,877. Of that total, 1,760 (19.8%) were aged 15 or younger; 1,227 (13.8%) between 16 and 29; 1,687 (21.1%) between 30 and 44; 1,849 (20.8%) between 45 and 59; 1,386 (15.6%) between 60 and 74; and 968 (10.9%) aged 75 or over. The median age of residents was 42, in comparison to a Wales-wide media...
There are three primary schoolsin the town: Kymin View, Osbaston, and Overmonnow. The secondary schooling needs of the town are served by Monmouth Comprehensive School which had over 1,600 pupils in 2012. Welsh medium secondary education is provided at Ysgol Gyfun Gwynllyw in Pontypool. Monmouth also has independent schooling including; the Monmout...
Health care services are provided by the Aneurin Bevan Health Board, part of the National Health Service. Following the closure of the Cottage Hospital in 2006, health services are provided at the Monnow Vale Integrated Health and Social Care Facility. The Bridges Community Centre in Drybridge Houseadjacent to the Health and Social Care Facility pr...
Monmouthshire, county of southeastern Wales. The present county of Monmouthshire borders England to the east, the River Severn estuary to the south, the county boroughs of Newport, Torfaen, and Blaenau Gwent to the west, and the county of Powys to the north. The heart of the county is the plain of Gwent.
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Monmouth ( /ˈmɒnməθ/ MON-məth, /ˈmʌn-/ MUN- ⓘ en galés: Trefynwy, que significa « pueblo sobre el río Monnow ») es una pequeña ciudad en el sureste de Gales del sur, a 3 kilómetros de la frontera con Inglaterra. Es la capital del condado de Monmouthshire, los ríos Wye y Monnow tienen confluencia en Monmouth.
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Until 1974, Monmouthshire (/ ˈ m ɒ n m ə θ ʃ ər,-ʃ ɪər /), also formerly known as the County of Monmouth (/ ˈ m ɒ n m ə θ /; Welsh: Sir Fynwy), was an administrative county in the south-east of Wales, on the border with England, and later classed as one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales.
De Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre. Monmouthshire ( /ˈmɒnməθʃər, –ʃɪər/ en galés: Sir Fynwy) es una autoridad unitaria de Gales, en el Reino Unido. Constituyó asimismo uno de sus trece condados históricos, ocupando la región histórica homónima.
