Monmouth
Monmouth is the historic county town of Monmouthshire in Wales as well as additionally a neighborhood. Situated where the River Monnow joins the River Wye, simply 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) of the border with England. The town is 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Cardiff, and 113 miles (182 km) west of London. It is within the Monmouthshire regional authority, and also the parliamentary constituency of Monmouth. Monmouth's population in the 2011 census was 10,508, rising from 8,877 in 2001. The town was the site of a small Roman fort, Blestium, and ended up being established after the Normans developed a castle below after 1067. Its medieval rock gated bridge is the only one of its kind staying in Britain. The castle later came into the belongings of the House of Lancaster, and also was the birth place of King Henry V in 1387. In 1536, it came to be the county town of Monmouthshire. A market town and also an emphasis of instructional and also social tasks for the surrounding backwoods, Monmouth has become a tourism centre at the heart of the Wye Valley.
