Monmouth
Monmouth is the historical county town of Monmouthshire in Wales and likewise a neighborhood. Situated where the River Monnow signs up with the River Wye, just 2 miles (3.2 km) of the boundary with England. The community is 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Cardiff, and 113 miles (182 km) west of London. It is within the Monmouthshire regional authority, and the legislative constituency of Monmouth. Monmouth's population in the 2011 census was 10,508, climbing from 8,877 in 2001. The town was the site of a small Roman fort, Blestium, as well as came to be developed after the Normans built a castle here after 1067. Its medieval rock gated bridge is the only one of its kind continuing to be in Britain. The castle later entered the belongings of the House of Lancaster, and was the birthplace of King Henry V in 1387. In 1536, it became the county town of Monmouthshire. A market community and an emphasis of instructional and social activities for the bordering backwoods, Monmouth has come to be a tourist centre at the heart of the Wye Valley.
