Clwyd

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former administrative county preserved county

Clwyd was a former county in north-east Wales, created in 1974 and later abolished in 1996, that encompassed areas including parts of historic Denbighshire and Flintshire.

Aliases (2)

Deeside ×1
Vale of Clwyd ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former administrative county → preserved county →
abolishedOn	1 April 1996 →
administrativeCentre	Mold →
borderedBy	Cheshire → Gwynedd NERFINISHED → Irish Sea → Merseyside → Powys NERFINISHED → Shropshire NERFINISHED →
capital	Mold →
containedArea	Colwyn Bay → Deeside → Prestatyn → Rhyl → Wrexham →
containedHistoricArea	Caernarfonshire NERFINISHED → Denbighshire NERFINISHED → Flintshire → Merionethshire NERFINISHED →
containedProtectedArea	Clwydian Range Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty →
containedRegion	Clwydian Range →
country	Wales →
createdBy	Local Government Act 1972 →
createdOn	1 April 1974 →
endYear	1996 →
governingBody	Clwyd County Council →
governmentType	non-metropolitan county (1974–1996) →
hasCoastOn	Irish Sea →
hasPreservedCountyFunction	lieutenancy → shrievalty →
historicRegion	north Wales →
ISO3166-2Code	GB-CLW →
language	English → Welsh →
locatedIn	north-east Wales →
namedAfter	River Clwyd →
partOf	Wales →
startYear	1974 →
statusAfter1996	preserved county for ceremonial purposes →
successorAdministrativeArea	Conwy County Borough → Denbighshire (principal area) → Flintshire (principal area) → Wrexham County Borough →
timeZone	GMT →
timeZoneDST	BST →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Denbighshire ("Vale of Clwyd") → North Wales →	contains
Saltney →	lieutenancyArea
Corwen →	locatedInLieutenancyArea
Dee Estuary ("Deeside") →	near
Merionethshire →	successorAdministrativeArea