| Flintshire county | |
|---|---|
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| 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 |
| Ethnicity: | 99.9% White |
| Welsh language: - Any skills |
Ranked 12th 21.4% |
| Politics | |
| Arms of Flintshire County Council 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 area of Flintshire - now known as a Unitary Authority - came into existence in 1994, when the former Administrative County of Clwyd was split into three smaller areas. However, Flintshire was also a traditional county of Wales, existing before Clwyd was formed in 1974. The historic county did not have the boundaries of modern administrative Flintshire; in particular it had a large exclave called Maelor Saesneg, it also included Prestatyn and Rhyl which are now administered by Denbighshire.