Flintshire - Definition and Overview

Flintshire county

Geography
Area: - Total - % Water	Ranked 12th 438 km² ? %
Admin HQ:	Mold
ISO 3166-2:	GB-FLN
ONS code:	00NJ
Demographics
Population: - Total (April 29, 2001) - Density	Ranked 6th 148,594 339 / km²
Welsh language: - Any skills	Ranked 12th 21.4%
Politics
Flintshire County Council http://www.flintshire.gov.uk
Control:	Labour
MPs:	David Hanson Mark Tami
AMs:	Sandy Mewies Carl Sargeant (Constituency) North Wales (Regional)
MEPs:	Wales

Flintshire (Welsh Sir y Fflint) is a county in northern Wales. It borders, in England, Merseyside (across the River Dee) and Cheshire, and in Wales, Wrexham and Denbighshire.

Places in Flintshire

Traditional Flintshire

The current administrative Flintshire came into existence in 1996, but Flintshire is also a traditional county of Wales. The historic county does not have the boundaries of modern administrative Flintshire, in particular it has a large exclave called Maelor Saesneg, it also includes Prestatyn and Rhyl which are now administered by Denbighshire.

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