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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.
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.
Caldicot, Monmouthshire (1 C, 10 P) Chepstow (3 C, 42 P) M. ... Pages in category "Towns in Monmouthshire" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Location of Monmouthshire in Wales. The list of standardised Welsh place-names, for places in Monmouthshire, is a list compiled by the Welsh Language Commissioner to recommend the standardisation of the spelling of Welsh place-names, particularly in the Welsh language and when multiple forms are used, although some place-names in English were also recommended to be matched with the Welsh.
The town has one of the two Welsh-medium primary schools in Monmouthshire, Ysgol Gymraeg y Fenni, [36] which was founded in the early 1990s. It is also home to the Abergavenny Welsh society, Cymreigyddion y Fenni, [37] and the local Abergavenny Eisteddfod. [38]
Chepstow (Welsh: Cas-gwent) is a town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, adjoining the border with Gloucestershire, England. It is located on the tidal River Wye , about 2 miles (3 km) above its confluence with the River Severn , and adjoining the western end of the Severn Bridge .
St Arvans (Welsh: Llanarfan) is a village and community (equivalent to a parish) in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales. It is located two miles north west of Chepstow, close to Chepstow Racecourse, Piercefield House and the Wye Valley AONB. It is connected by a segregated bicycle path to the edge of Chepstow. The name "Sain Arfan" was incorrectly ...
The town is located within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, considered by some to be a part of England until the late 20th century. In medieval times what are now the separate townships of Abercarn , Cwmcarn and Newbridge were known as Abercarne, a manorial title which goes back to the Norman period .