Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: County with 93,900 residents
- Description: principal area in south-east Wales, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “County of Monmouthshire”, “Monmouthshire (principal area)”, “Monmouthshire County”, “Monmouthshire principal area”, and “Sir Fynwy”
- Neighbors: Herefordshire and Powys
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Cadoc’s Church and St John’s Church.
St Cadoc’s Church
Church
Photo: Ruth Sharville, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Cadoc's Church, Raglan, Monmouthshire, Wales, is the parish church of the village of Raglan, situated at a cross-roads in the centre of the village.
St John’s Church
Church
Photo: Ruth Sharville, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St John is the parish church of Llandenny, Monmouthshire, Wales. It is in the Perpendicular style and is a Grade I listed building as of 27 November 1953.
St Govan’s Church, Llangovan
Nature reserve
Photo: Martinevans123, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Church of St Govan in Llangovan, Monmouthshire, Wales, is a church with late-medieval origins. Renovations took place in the late 19th century. It is a Grade II* listed building and, since being declared redundant in the late 20th century, has been managed by the Vincent Wildlife Trust as a bat colony.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Raglan and Llangovan.
Raglan
Photo: Sam jervis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Raglan is a village and community in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales. It is located some 9 miles south-west of Monmouth, midway between Monmouth and Abergavenny on the A40 road very near to the junction with the A449 road.
Llangovan
Hamlet
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llangovan is a small village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom. It is located 5 miles south west of Monmouth.
Llansoy
Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llansoy is a small village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom, located about 3 miles south east of Raglan.
Monmouthshire
- Categories: principal area of Wales and locality
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.7501° or 51° 45′ 0″ northLongitude
-2.8333° or 2° 50′ westPopulation
93,900Elevation
240 feet (73 metres)Abbreviation
“MON”Open location code
9C3VQ528+2MOpenStreetMap ID
node 302323532OpenStreetMap feature
place=county
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Monmouthshire” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Monmouthshire”
- Armenian: “Մոնմութշիր”
- Basque: “Monmouthshire”
- Belarusian: “Монмутшыр”
- Bengali: “মনমউথশায়র”
- Bengali: “মনমথশায়ার”
- Bengali: “মনমাউথশায়ার”
- Breton: “Kontelezh Menoe”
- Breton: “Menoe”
- Breton: “Monmouthshire”
- Breton: “Sir Fynwy”
- Bulgarian: “Монмътшър”
- Bulgarian: “Мънмътшър”
- Catalan: “Monmouthshire”
- Catalan: “Sir Fynwy”
- Cebuano: “Monmouthshire (munisipyo sa Hiniusang Gingharian)”
- Cebuano: “Monmouthshire”
- Chinese: “Monmouthshire”
- Chinese: “蒙茅斯郡”
- Chinese: “蒙默思郡”
- Cornish: “Konteth Menow”
- Czech: “Monmouthshire”
- Czech: “Sir Fynwy”
- Danish: “Monmouthshire”
- Dutch: “Monmouthshire”
- Esperanto: “Monmouthshire”
- Esperanto: “Sir Fynwy”
- Estonian: “Monmouthshire”
- Faroese: “Monmouthshire”
- Finnish: “Monmouthshire”
- French: “Monmouthshire”
- French: “Sir Fynwy”
- Galician: “Monmouthshire”
- Galician: “Sir Fynwy”
- German: “GB-MON”
- German: “Monmouthshire”
- German: “Sir Fynwy”
- Gujarati: “મોનમાઉથશાયર”
- Hebrew: “מונמאות’שייר”
- Hebrew: “מונמות’שייר”
- Hindi: “मॉनमाउथशायर काउंटी”
- Hindi: “मॉनमाउथशायर”
- Icelandic: “Monmouth-hérað”
- Indonesian: “Monmouthshire”
- Irish: “Sir Fynwy”
- Italian: “Monmouthshire”
- Japanese: “サー・フィンビー”
- Japanese: “モンマウス・カウンティ”
- Japanese: “モンマウスシャー”
- Japanese: “モンマスシャー (主要地区)”
- Japanese: “モンマスシャー”
- Kannada: “ಮೊನ್ಮೌತ್ಶೈರ್”
- Korean: “몬머스셔 주”
- Korean: “몬머스셔”
- Ladin: “Monmouthshire”
- Latin: “Monemutensis”
- Latvian: “Monmutšīra”
- Lithuanian: “Monmutšyras”
- Manx: “Sir Fynwy”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Monmouthshire”
- Northern Frisian: “Monmouthshire”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Monmouthshire”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Monmouthshire”
- Norwegian: “Monmouthshire”
- Persian: “مونموتشر”
- Polish: “Monmouthshire”
- Portuguese: “Monmouthshire”
- Portuguese: “Sir Fynwy”
- Romanian: “Monmouthshire”
- Russian: “Монмут, графство”
- Russian: “Монмутшир”
- Scots: “Monmouthshire”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Sir Fynwy”
- Slovenian: “Monmouthshire”
- Spanish: “Monmouthshire”
- Swedish: “Monmouthshire”
- Tamil: “மொன்மொஉத்க்ஷிர்”
- Telugu: “మోన్మౌత్షైర్”
- Turkish: “Monmouthshire”
- Ukrainian: “Монмутшир”
- Urdu: “مونماؤتھ شائر”
- Urdu: “مونمووتھشائر”
- Venetian: “Monmouthshire”
- Vietnamese: “Monmouthshire”
- Welsh: “Monmouthshire”
- Welsh: “Sir Fynwy”
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