Gwent
Gwent Preserved County (since 1996) Administrative County (1974–1996) |
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Districts 1974–1996 |
Blaenau Gwent Islwyn Monmouth Newport Torfaen |
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Principal Areas since 1996 |
Blaenau Gwent Caerphilly Monmouthshire Newport Torfaen |
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Capital | Cwmbran | |
surface | 1,553 km² | |
population | 560,400 (2009) | |
Population density | 361 inhabitants / km² |
Gwent is a Preserved County and a former administrative county of Wales . A Preserved County in Wales includes the jurisdiction of the ceremonial offices of Lord Lieutenant and High Sheriff .
Administrative history
In 1974, the new administrative county Gwent was formed from the county of Monmouthshire and the county borough of Newport and divided into five districts . The name Gwent was chosen based on the historic Welsh Kingdom of Gwent . Since the administrative reform of 1996, Gwent is no longer an administrative county , but a Preserved County . Today there are five principal areas in his area :
The name Gwent is now sometimes used as a synonym for the traditional county of Monmouthshire.
In ancient times, a distinction was made between the deeper southern Gwent Is Coed ("Gwent below the forest") on the Bristol Channel and the higher-lying northern Gwent Uwch Coed ("Gwent above the forest"). At that time, these two parts of the country were separated from each other by an extensive forest area.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Official population figures 2009
- ↑ Bernhard Maier : The legend book of the Welsh Celts . The four branches of the Mabinogi . Dtv Munich, April 1999, ISBN 3-423-12628-0 , p. 126 f, note 29, 20 f.