Monmouth is a market town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, situated on where the River Monnow joins the River Wye, two miles from the Wales–England border. The population in the 2011 census was 10,508, rising from 8,877 in 2001. Monmouth was the county town of historic Monmouthshire, although Abergavenny is the largest settlement and Monmouthshire County Council has its main offices at Rhadyr, just outside Usk. Monmouth is in the Monmouth UK Parliament and Senedd constituencies.
Monnow Bridge
Monmouth Castle, part of which remains in use as a regimental headquarters and museum
The only known example of an original Monmouth cap, dating from the 16th century, on display at Monmouth Museum
Statue of Charles Rolls at Shire Hall
Monmouthshire is a county in the south east of Wales. It borders Powys to the north; the English counties of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire to the north and east; the Severn Estuary to the south, and Torfaen, Newport and Blaenau Gwent to the west. The largest town is Abergavenny, and the administrative centre is Usk.
Image: Autumn view from the Kymin 2 geograph.org.uk 2171172
Image: Ragland
Image: Old Severn Bridge HDR
Hillfort on the summit of Skirrid Fawr