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Denbighshire Information

Denbighshire (Welsh: Sir Ddinbych) is one of thirteen traditional counties of Wales, and a former administrative county, covering an area in north Wales. It is a maritime county, bounded to the north by the Irish Sea, to the east by Flintshire, Cheshire and Shropshire, to the south by Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire, and to the west by Caernarfonshire.
Under the Local Government Act 1972, the use of Denbighshire for local government and ceremonial purposes ended on April 1, 1974, although it remains in use as a general geographic area and for other purposes.
A local government principal area named Denbighshire was created on April 1, 1996, covering a substantially different area.
In the south and west of the county the mountains of the Clwydian Range rise from 1000 to 2500ft high. The east of the county is hilly. There is some level ground along the coastal strip. The highest points are Moel Sych and Cader Berwyn at 2,713 feet. Pistyll-y-Rhaeader is a spectacular 240 feet waterfall. The chief rivers are the Clwyd and the Dee. The River Conwy runs north along the western boundary. The modern county of Denbighshire borders Powys ot the south, Flintshire and Wrexham to the east and Gwynedd to the west.
The main towns are Rhyl, Denbigh, Llangollen, Llanrwst, and Ruthin. The most important industries are agriculture and tourism.
Places of Interest

• Bodnant Gardens, Tal-y-Cafn (grid reference SH7972);
• Chirk Castle (grid reference SJ2638);
• Denbigh Castle (grid reference SJ0565);
• Eliseg's Pillar (grid reference SJ2044);
• Plas Newydd, Llangollen (grid reference SJ2241);
• Valle Crucis Abbey (grid reference SJ2044).

(Source: Wikipedia.org)