Flintshire
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Flintshire is in northeast Wales, bordering England and close to Chester. It has a strong manufacturing and aerospace sector, including Airbus operations in Broughton, and combines rural areas with towns like Mold and Flint.
The local government for this district is: Flintshire County Council (Wales County Council).
Constituencies in Flintshire
A constituency is a specific geographical area that elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to represent them in the House of Commons. The United Kingdom is divided into 650 parliamentary constituencies, 32 of them are in Wales. We have this list page for easy browsing of all UK parliamentary constituencies: List of Constituencies.
Wards in Flintshire
Flintshire is divided into 45 wards, listed below in alphabetical order.
- Argoed and New Brighton
- Bagillt
- Broughton North East
- Broughton South
- Brynford and Halkyn
- Buckley: Bistre East
- Buckley: Bistre West
- Buckley: Mountain
- Buckley: Pentrobin
- Caergwrle
- Caerwys
- Cilcain
- Connah's Quay Central
- Connah's Quay South
- Connah's Quay: Golftyn
- Connah's Quay: Wepre
- Flint: Castle
- Flint: Coleshill and Trelawny
- Flint: Oakenholt
- Greenfield
- Gwernaffield and Gwernymynydd
- Hawarden: Aston
- Hawarden: Ewloe
- Hawarden: Mancot
- Higher Kinnerton
- Holywell Central
- Holywell East
- Holywell West
- Hope
- Leeswood
- Llanasa and Trelawnyd
- Llanfynydd
- Mold East
- Mold South
- Mold West
- Mold: Broncoed
- Mostyn
- Northop
- Pen-y-ffordd
- Queensferry and Sealand
- Saltney Ferry
- Shotton East and Shotton Higher
- Shotton West
- Treuddyn
- Whitford
Flintshire in International Geographies
In the International Territorial Levels (ITLs) hierarchy, Flintshire is within an ITLs Level 3 area:
- (ITL 1) Wales
- (ITL 2) ⇒ North Wales
- (ITL 3) ⇒⇒ Flintshire and Wrexham
The International Territorial Levels are used by OECD member countries for statistical purposes to classify administrative areas. We have this listable page for easy browsing of ITL names and codes: International Territorial Levels.