'Flintshire' () is a
principal area and county in north-east
Wales. It borders
Cheshire,
Denbighshire and
Wrexham It is named for the
historic county of Flintshire, which had notably different borders.
The principal area is governed by the
Flintshire County Council.
History
The current administrative area of Flintshire (a
unitary authority) came into existence in
1996, when the former
administrative county of
Clwyd was split into three smaller areas. The principal area was formed by the merger of the
Alyn and Deeside and
Delyn districts. In terms of pre-1974 divisions, the area comprises
★ the former borough of
Flint
★ the urban districts of
Buckley,
Connah's Quay,
Holywell,
Mold
★ the rural district of
Holywell Rural District
★ all of
Hawarden Rural District except the parish of
Marford and Hosley
The district of
Rhuddlan, which was also formed entirely from the administrative county of Flintshire was included in the new
Denbighshire instead. Other parts of the pre-1974 administrative Flintshire to be excluded from the principal area are the
Maelor Rural District and the parish of
Marford and Hoseley, which became part of the
Wrexham Maelor district in 1974 and are now part of the
Wrexham county borough.
Geography
:''See
List of places in Flintshire for a list of towns and villages.''
Flintshire borders
Wrexham,
Denbighshire, and the
English counties of
Merseyside (across the
River Dee) and
Cheshire.
Industry
Parts of Flintshire have major manufacturing industries. Amongst these are a
Toyota plant that manufactures engines, a
Corus Group steel works, Shotton Paper, but most importantly
Airbus makes the wings for the
A330 and the
A380 at Broughton.
There are daily flights of the
Airbus Beluga transport aircraft of
Airbus wings from
Broughton for the smaller aircraft. The wings for the
A380, which are too large to be transported by air use a multi-modal transport using Flintshire's roads, the
River Dee and the port of
Mostyn, also in Flintshire. The motto of Airbus in Flintshire is: "Without us, it's just a bus"; meaning that the parts that make Airbus aircraft fly, rather than just run along the ground, are made in Flintshire.
Fairtrade
On
November 19,
2004, Flintshire was granted
Fairtrade County status.
Education
Flintshire Local Education Authority manages 75 primary schools, 3 special schools and 12 high schools.
External links
★
Flintshire archaeological information
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