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| Geography | |
| Area - Total - % Water | Ranked 8th 844 km² ? % |
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| Admin HQ | Ruthin |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-DEN |
| ONS code | 00NG |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2006 est. Surface area is the measure of how much exposed Area an object has This is a list of principal areas of Wales ordered by area. RankDistrictArea (km²Style1 To help compare different Orders of magnitude and geographical regions we list here areas between 100 km² and 1000 km² Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of Ruthin ( Welsh: Rhuthun) pronounced RITH-in ISO 3166-2GB is an ISO standard which defines Geocodes it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to the United Kingdom. The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating Census and other statistical data In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology ) - Density | Ranked 16th 96,100 Ranked 14th 114 / km² |
| Ethnicity | 99. The density of a material is defined as its Mass per unit Volume: \rho = \frac{m}{V} Different materials usually have different This is a list of principal areas of Wales ordered by population. This is a List of Welsh principal areas by population density in the 2001 UK census. 3% White. |
| Welsh language - Any skills | Ranked 6th 36. Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic This is a List of Welsh principal areas by the percentage of those professing some skills in the Welsh language in Wales in the 2001 UK census 0% |
| Politics | |
 Denbighshire County Council http://www.denbighshire.gov.uk/ | |
| Control | NOC (Independent-led coalition) |
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| AMs |
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| MEPs | Wales |
Denbighshire (Welsh: Sir Ddinbych) is a principal area and county in North Wales. Within the context of Local councils of the United Kingdom the term No Overall Control (abbreviated to NOC refers to a situation in which no single party achieves In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. Composition Graphical representation of the House of Commons This is a comparison of the party strengths in the British House of Commons David Ian Jones (born March 22, 1952) is a Conservative politician Martyn David Jones MIBiol CIBiol (born 1 March 1947) is a Labour Party politician in Wales. Christopher Shaun Ruane (born 18 July 1958 Rhyl) is a politician in the United Kingdom. The National Assembly for Wales is composed of 60 members known as AMs or Assembly Members (in Welsh: ACau or Aelodau'r Cynulliad Karen Sinclair AM (born November 20, 1952 in Wrexham) is a Labour politician and member for the constituency of Clwyd South Ann Jones may refer to Ann Haydon-Jones, British tennis champion born 1938 Ann Jones (Welsh politician, born 1953 Labour politician Darren Millar (born 1976 is a Welsh Politician. He is currently a Conservative member of the National Assembly for Wales for Clwyd West A Member of the European Parliament ( English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Union 's legislative body the European Parliament. England Scotland and Wales Turnout for all the regions was 37 Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic In England and Wales local government legislation a principal area is one of the various sub-national areas established for control by a principal council North Wales (Gogledd Cymru is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales and to the east by England. It is named after the historic county of Denbighshire, but has substantially different borders. The old Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych is one of thirteen Historic counties of Wales, and a former administrative county, which covered an area in north-east Wales
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Formation
The present principal area was formed on April 1, 1996, under the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994, from various parts of the county of Clwyd. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The Local Government (Wales Act 1994 (1994 c 19 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which created the current local government structure Clwyd is a preserved county of Wales. From 1974 until 1996 it was a county with a County council, and was divided into six districts It included the district of Rhuddlan (which was formed in 1974 entirely from Flintshire), the communities of Trefnant and Cefnmeiriadog from the district of Colwyn (which was entirely Denbighshire) and most of the Glyndwr district. Rhuddlan (pronounced ˈr̥ɨ̞ðlan approximately "RITH-lan" is a Town in the county of Denbighshire (previously in Clwyd Trefnant is a Village in Denbighshire, Wales. Location It is located on the A525 road in the Vale of Clwyd (Dyffryn The Borough of Colwyn was one of six districts of the county of Clwyd, north-east Wales, from 1974 to 1996 Glyndŵr was one of six districts of Clwyd between 1974 and 1996 The part of the Glyndwr district included the entirety of the former Edeyrnion Rural District, which was part of the administrative county of Merionethshire prior to 1974 - which covered the the parishes of Bettws Gwerfil Goch, Corwen, Gwyddelwern, Llangar, Llandrillo in Edeirnion and Llansanffraid. Edeyrnion was a Rural district in Merionethshire, Wales from 1894 to 1974 Corwen is a town and Civil parish in the county of Denbighshire, north-east Wales (but previously in the former county of Gwyddelwern is a small Village of about 400 residents situated approximately two miles north of Corwen in Denbighshire, Wales. Llansantffraed is a village in Powys, Wales near Brecon. The Welsh (original name for the village is Llansanffraid-ym-Mechain.
Other principal areas containing part of historic Denbighshire are Conwy, which picked up the remainder of the 1974-1996 Colwyn, and also the Denbighshire parts of the 1974-1996 Aberconwy, and Wrexham, which corresponds to the pre-1974 borough of Wrexham along with most of the Wrexham Rural District and also several parishes from Glyndwr. Geography It contains the major settlements of Llandudno, Llandudno Junction, Llanrwst, Betws-y-Coed, Conwy, Colwyn Bay The Borough of Aberconwy was one of five districts of Gwynedd, north-west Wales, from 1974 to 1996 Government The region is governed as a unitary authority by Wrexham County Borough Council. Wrexham (Wrecsam is a town and principal area in Wales. It is the largest town in North Wales and lies to the east of the region Wrexham was a Rural district in the Administrative county of Denbighshire from 1894 and 1974.
The post-1996 Powys includes the historic Denbighshire parishes of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, Llansilin and Llangedwyn, which had formed part of Glyndwr district. This article is about the county of Wales For the ancient kingdom see Kingdom of Powys. Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant is a village in Powys, mid Wales. Population 1470, Welsh-speaking 62%. Llansilin is a village in Powys, Wales, about 6 miles west of Oswestry. Llangedwyn is a village in Powys, Wales at. It lies in the Tanat Valley near to the Wales / England border
Geography
- See List of places in Denbighshire for a list of towns and villages. This is a list of Towns and Villages in the principal area of Denbighshire, Wales.
The area is mostly hilly moorland, with the Clwydian range in the east, the Hiraethog Moors in the west and the Berwyn range adjacent to the southern boundary. The Berwyn range ( Welsh: Y Berwyn or Mynydd y Berwyn) is an isolated and sparsely-populated area of moorland located in the north-east of Wales The broad, fertile Vale of Clwyd runs south to north in the centre, and there is a narrow coastal plain in the north. The Vale of Clwyd is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Average temperatures are 2°C in January and 19°C in July.
Schools
Top performing secondary schools in Denbighshire, 5 GCSEs, grades A-C, according to the latest inspection report by Estyn
76% St Brigids High School, Denbigh
68% Brynhyfryd High School, Ruthin (Bilingual)
63% Ysgol Uwchradd Glan Clwyd, St Asaph (Welsh)
54% Prestatyn High School, Prestatyn
50% Ysgol Dinas Bran, Llangollen
42% Denbigh High School, Denbigh
34% Blessed Edward Jones RC School, Rhyl
32% Rhyl High School, Rhyl
According to the latest inspection report by Estyn, St Brigids High School with a GCSE pass rate of 76% (based on 5 GCSEs, grades A-C) is the 10th best performing secondary school in Wales, just behind Builth Wells High School in Powys. Estyn ( Welsh (verb to extend) is the office of Her Majesty's Inspectorate for Education and Training in Wales. Ysgol Glan Clwyd (or Ysgol Uwchradd Glan Clwyd) is a Welsh medium Secondary school, and was the first of its kind Ysgol Dinas Bran is a school in Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales. Denbigh High School ( Welsh: Ysgol Uwchradd Dinbych) is an English medium county comprehensive school in Denbigh. Estyn ( Welsh (verb to extend) is the office of Her Majesty's Inspectorate for Education and Training in Wales. This article is about the county of Wales For the ancient kingdom see Kingdom of Powys.
Population
Denbighshire's total population at the 2001 census was 93,065, with the largest towns on the coast at Rhyl (pop. c. 25,000) and Prestatyn (pop. c. 15,000). The inland towns are much smaller, Denbigh having a population of 8,500, Ruthin 5,000, and Llangollen 3,300. 28% of the population speaks Welsh, mainly in the upland area and the Vale of Clwyd. Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic
Economy
There are no heavy industrial sites in the county although most of the towns have small industrial estates for light industry, the economy of the area being based on agriculture and tourism. A large proportion of the working population is employed in service industries. The uplands support the rearing of sheep and beef cattle, while in the Vale of Clwyd dairy farming and the growing of wheat and barley predominates.
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Dictionary
Denbighshire
-proper noun
- A maritime traditional county of Wales, bounded to the north by the Irish Sea, to the east by Flintshire, Cheshire and Shropshire, to the south by Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire, and to the west by Caernarfonshire.
- A local government principal area, bordered by Wrexham, Flintshire, Conwy, Gwynedd and Powys.
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