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Gwent (county)
Gwent
is a
preserved county
and a former local government county in south-east
Wales
. It was formed on 1 April 1974, under the
Local Government Act 1972
, and was named after the ancient
Kingdom of Gwent
. The authority was a successor to both the
administrative county
of
Monmouthshire
(with minor boundary changes) and the
county borough
of
Newport
(both authorities which were considered to be legally part of
England
until the Act came into force although
considered jointly
with Wales for certain purposes).
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