Monmouthshire
Related Category: British and Irish Political Geography
county, 328 sq mi (851 sq km), SE Wales. In 1974 most of the old county of Monmouthshire was reorganized as the nonmetropolitan county of
Gwent; small areas in W Monmouthshire became part of the nonmetropolitan counties of
Mid Glamorgan and
South Glamorgan. In 1996, when Wales was again reorganized on the local level, the county of Monmouthshire was reestablished from E Gwent.
