| Flintshire | |
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| Geography | |
| Area: | 438 km² |
| Admin HQ: | Mold |
| ISO 3166: | GB-FLN |
| ONS code: | 00NJ |
| Demographics | |
| Population: (2002 est.) |
149,300 |
| Density: | 341 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 99.2% White |
| Politics | |
| Arms of Flintshire County Council
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| Executive: | Labour |
| MPs: | |
Flintshire (Welsh Sir y Fflint) is a county in northern Wales. Places in Flintshire include
It borders, in England, Merseyside (across the River Dee) and Cheshire, and in Wales, Wrexham and Denbighshire.
| Traditional Flintshire | |
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The current administrative Flintshire came into existence in 1996. 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.