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County in S Wales. area 1,380 sq km/533 sq mi
towns Cwmbran (administrative headquarters),
Abergavenny, Newport, Tredegar features Wye
Valley; Tintern Abbey; Legionary Museum of
Caerleon, and Roman amphitheatre; Chepstow
and Raglan castles products salmon and trout
on the Wye and Usk rivers; iron and steel at
Llanwern population (1987) 443,000 language
2.5% Welsh, English famous people Aneurin
Bevan and Neil Kinnock, both born in
Tredegar; Alfred Russel Wallace.