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{{short description|County in Wales}}
{{About||the historic county|Flintshire (historic)|the racehorse|Flintshire (horse)}}
{{Lead extra info|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
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| image2 = St Winefride's Well, Wales - Ffynnon Gwenffrewi, Treffynnon, Sir y Fflint 40.jpg
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| image_alt = View of the Clwydian Hills from Waen y Llyn in Llanfynydd
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| leader_title3 = Chief Executive
| leader_name3 = Colin Everett
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'''Flintshire''' ({{lang-cy|Sir y Fflint}}) is a [[
The county covers {{Convert|169|sqmi|km2}}, with a population of 155,000 in 2021. After Connah's Quay-Shotton (
The county is named after the [[Flintshire (historic)|historic county of the same name]], which was established by the [[Statute of Rhuddlan]] in 1284 and has notably different borders. The county is considered part of the [[Welsh Marches]] and formed part of the historic [[Earl of Chester|Earldom of Chester and Flint]].
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==Industry==
Parts of Flintshire have major manufacturing industries. Amongst these are an advanced [[Toyota]] plant that manufactures engines, [[Eren Holding|Eren Paper]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.printweek.com/news/article/eren-paper-s-plans-for-shotton-gain-green-light|title=Eren Paper's plans for Shotton gain green light | website=Printweek|last=Francis|first=Jo|date=1 November 2022|access-date=6 May 2023}}</ref> and [[Airbus UK]], making the wings for the [[Airbus A320|A320]], [[Airbus A330|A330]] and [[Airbus A350|A350]] aircraft at [[Broughton, Flintshire|Broughton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.airbus.com/en/our-worldwide-presence/airbus-in-europe/airbus-in-the-united-kingdom|title=Airbus in the United Kingdom | website=Airbus | access-date=6 May 2023}}</ref>
There are daily flights of the [[Airbus BelugaXL]] transport aircraft of [[Airbus]] wings from [[Broughton, Flintshire|Broughton]].
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There are two radio stations broadcast in the area – [[Communicorp]] station [[Heart North and Mid Wales]] and [[Global Radio]] station [[Capital (radio network)|Capital North West and Wales]] broadcast from ''the studios'' based in Wrexham. Whilst [[BBC Cymru Wales]] runs a studio and newsroom for their radio, television and online services located at [[Glyndŵr University]] but does not base their broadcasting there.
Local TV coverage is mainly served by [[BBC Cymru Wales|BBC Wales]] and [[ITV Cymru Wales]] with [[BBC North West]] and [[ITV Granada]] can be also received. Television signals in the county are received from the [[Moel-y-Parc transmitting station|Moel-y-Parc]] transmitter which is situated close to [[Caerwys]], [[Winter Hill transmitting station|Winter Hill]] transmitter can also be received as well as the [[Storeton transmitting station|Storeton]] relay transmitter which is transmitted from both transmitters. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Storeton|title=Full Freeview on the Storeton (Wirral, England) transmitter|date=1 May 2004|website=UK Free TV|access-date=22 June 2024}}</ref>
An online news website covering the Flintshire area, [http://www.deeside.com/ Deeside.com], operates from Deeside.
== Politics and government ==
[[File:2024 Wales Flintshire Constituencies map.svg|thumb|166x166px|The two UK Parliament constituencies covering Flintshire (in pink) from 2024. 1 = [[Clwyd East (UK Parliament constituency)|Clwyd East]] and 2 = [[Alyn and Deeside (UK Parliament constituency)|Alyn and Deeside]].]]
Flintshire has been traditionally a [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] stronghold, but in the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]], the [[Welsh Conservatives]] won the [[Delyn (UK Parliament constituency)|Delyn]] constituency.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/general-election-2019-candidates-delyn-17398564|title=General Election 2019 result for Delyn|last=Mosalski|first=Ruth|date=2019-12-13|website=walesonline|access-date=2019-12-13}}</ref>
The [[Alyn and Deeside (UK Parliament constituency)|Alyn and Deeside constituency]] is a historically and still is a [[Welsh Labour|Welsh Labour Party]] constituency, which is represented by [[Mark Tami]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/person/688/mark-tami|title=Mark Tami for Alyn and Deeside in the UK Parliament elections|website=WhoCanIVoteFor?|access-date=10 July 2022}}</ref>
From 2024, Flintshire is covered by two UK parliament constituencies, [[Alyn and Deeside (UK Parliament constituency)|Alyn and Deeside]] and [[Clwyd East (UK Parliament constituency)|Clwyd East]], with [[Delyn (UK Parliament constituency)|Delyn]] being abolished.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 Parliamentary Review - Revised Proposals {{!}} Boundary Commission for Wales |url=https://bcomm-wales.gov.uk/reviews/10-22/2023-parliamentary-review-revised-proposals |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=[[Boundary Commission for Wales]]}}</ref> The Senedd uses the old set of Alyn and Deeside, and Delyn.
== Notable people ==
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* [[Saint Asaph]], 6th century Christian saint, the first [[Bishop of St Asaph]]
* [[Claire Fox]] (born 1960), writer, journalist, lecturer and politician; grew up in Buckley
* [[William Ewart Gladstone]] (1809–1898), 12 years as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]]; retired to [[Hawarden Castle (18th century)|Hawarden Castle]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Gladstone, William Ewart | volume= 12 |last1= Russell |first1= George William Erskine |author1-link= George William Erskine Russell | pages = 66–72 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Jade Jones (taekwondo)|Jade Jones]] (born 1993 Bodelwyddan), taekwondo athlete; 2012 and 2016 Olympic gold medallist
* [[Michael Owen]] (born 1979), footballer with 362 club caps and 89 for [[England national football team|England]] went to school in Hawarden
* [[Ian Rush]] (born 1961 in St Asaph), footballer with 602 club caps and 73 for [[Wales national football team|Wales]]
* [[Gary Speed]] (1969 in Mancot – 2011), footballer and manager with 677 club caps and 85 for [[Wales national football team|Wales]]
* [[Frances Williams (convict)|Frances Williams]] ({{circa|1760}}–1801), first Welsh woman to settle in Australia<ref>{{Cite web |last=Collins |first=Hayley |date=2011-11-08 |title=Flintshire Woman Shipped to Australia for Stealing Clothes
|url=https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/15934326.flintshire-woman-shipped-to-australia-for-stealing-clothes/ |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=[[The Leader (Welsh newspaper)|The Leader]] |language=en}}</ref>
* Sir [[Jonathan Pryce]] CBE (born John Price; 1 June 1947, Holywell)
==International relations==
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