Monmouth
Monmouth is the historical county town of Monmouthshire in Wales and also a neighborhood. Positioned where the River Monnow signs up with the River Wye, just 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) of the border with England. The community is 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Cardiff, as well as 113 miles (182 km) west of London. It is within the Monmouthshire neighborhood authority, as well as the legislative constituency of Monmouth. Monmouth's population in the 2011 census was 10,508, rising from 8,877 in 2001. The community was the site of a small Roman fort, Blestium, and ended up being developed after the Normans constructed a castle below after 1067. Its middle ages rock gated bridge is the only one of its kind remaining in Britain. The castle later entered into the possession of the House of Lancaster, and was the birthplace of King Henry V in 1387. In 1536, it ended up being the county town of Monmouthshire. A market town and a focus of academic and also cultural activities for the surrounding rural area, Monmouth has actually become a tourist centre at the heart of the Wye Valley.
