Everything about Denbighshire totally explained
Denbighshire is a
principal area and county in
North Wales. It is named after the
historic county of Denbighshire, but has substantially different borders.
Formation
The present principal area was formed on
April 1,
1996, under the
Local Government (Wales) Act 1994, from various parts of the county of
Clwyd. It included the district of
Rhuddlan (which was formed in 1974 entirely from Flintshire), the communities of
Trefnant and
Cefnmeiriadog from the district of
Colwyn (which was entirely Denbighshire) and most of the
Glyndwr district. The part of the Glyndwr district included the entirety of the former
Edeyrnion Rural District, which was part of the administrative county of Merionethshire prior to 1974 - which covered the the parishes of
Bettws Gwerfil Goch,
Corwen,
Gwyddelwern,
Llangar,
Llandrillo in Edeirnion and
Llansanffraid.
Other principal areas containing part of historic Denbighshire are
Conwy, which picked up the remainder of the 1974-1996 Colwyn, and also the Denbighshire parts of the 1974-1996
Aberconwy, and
Wrexham, which corresponds to the pre-1974 borough of
Wrexham along with most of the
Wrexham Rural District and also several parishes from Glyndwr.
The post-1996
Powys includes the historic Denbighshire parishes of
Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant,
Llansilin and
Llangedwyn, which had formed part of Glyndwr district.
Geography
» See List of places in Denbighshire for a list of towns and villages.
The area is mostly hilly moorland, with the Clwydian range in the east, the Hiraethog Moors in the west and the
Berwyn range adjacent to the southern boundary. The broad, fertile
Vale of Clwyd runs south to north in the centre, and there's a narrow coastal plain in the north. Average temperatures are 2°C in January and 19°C in July.
Schools
Top performing secondary schools in Denbighshire, 5 GCSEs, grades A-C, according to the latest inspection report by
Estyn
76%
St Brigids High School, Denbigh
68%
Brynhyfryd High School, Ruthin (Bilingual)
63%
Ysgol Uwchradd Glan Clwyd, St Asaph (Welsh)
54%
Prestatyn High School, Prestatyn
50%
Ysgol Dinas Bran, Llangollen
42%
Denbigh High School, Denbigh
34%
Blessed Edward Jones RC School, Rhyl
32%
Rhyl High School, Rhyl
According to the latest inspection report by
Estyn,
St Brigids High School with a GCSE pass rate of 76% (based on 5 GCSEs, grades A-C) is the 10th best performing secondary school in
Wales, just behind
Builth Wells High School in
Powys.
Population
Denbighshire's total population at the 2001 census was 93,065, with the largest towns on the coast at Rhyl (pop. c.25,000) and Prestatyn (pop. c.15,000). The inland towns are much smaller, Denbigh having a population of 8,500, Ruthin 5,000, and Llangollen 3,300. 28% of the population speaks
Welsh, mainly in the upland area and the Vale of Clwyd.
Economy
There are no heavy industrial sites in the county although most of the towns have small industrial estates for light industry, the economy of the area being based on agriculture and tourism. A large proportion of the working population is employed in service industries. The uplands support the rearing of sheep and beef cattle, while in the Vale of Clwyd dairy farming and the growing of wheat and barley predominates.
On November 19, 2004, Denbighshire was granted
Fairtrade County status.
Further Information
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