Denbighshire

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Denbighshire county
Geography
Area: - Total - % Water	Ranked 8th 844 km² ? %
Admin HQ:	Ruthin
ISO 3166-2:	GB-DEN
ONS code:	00NG
Demographics
Population: - Total (April 29, 2001) - Density	Ranked 16th 93,065 110 / km²
Welsh language: - Any skills	Ranked 6th 36.0%
Politics
Denbighshire County Council http://www.denbighshire.gov.uk
Control:	Multi-party
MPs:	Martyn Jones Chris Ruane Gareth Thomas
AMs:	Karen Sinclair Ann Jones Alun Pugh (Constituency) North Wales (Regional)
MEPs:	Wales

Denbighshire (Welsh: Sir Ddinbych) is a county in North Wales. Places in Denbighshire include:

• Denbigh
• Llangollen
• Prestatyn
• Rhyl
• Ruthin
• St Asaph

The current Denbighshire was created in 1996. The current county has substantially different borders to the traditional county which has the same name.

Traditional Denbighshire

United Kingdom | Wales | Principal areas of Wales
Anglesey | Blaenau Gwent | Bridgend | Caerphilly | Cardiff | Carmarthenshire | Ceredigion | Conwy | Denbighshire | Flintshire | Gwynedd | Merthyr Tydfil | Monmouthshire | Neath Port Talbot | Newport | Pembrokeshire | Powys | Rhondda Cynon Taff | Swansea | Torfaen | Vale of Glamorgan | Wrexham

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