Community Assembly of Flintshire

Community Assembly of Flintshire

Serving, supporting and protecting our local community

The Community Assembly of Flinshire (Welsh: Sir y Fflint ) is a county in the north-east of Wales. It borders the Irish Sea to the north, the Dee Estuary to the north-east, the English county of Cheshire to the east, Wrexham County Borough to the south, and Denbighshire to the west. Connah's Quay is the largest town in the area.

At the time of the Roman invasion, the area of present-day Flintshire was inhabited by the Deceangli , one of the Celtic tribes in ancient Britain, with the Cornovii to the east and the Ordovices to the west. Lead and silver mine workings are evident in the area, with several sows of lead found bearing the name 'DECEANGI' inscribed in Roman epigraphy. The Deceangli appear to have surrendered to Roman rule with little resistance. Following Roman Britain, and the emergence of various petty kingdoms, the region had been divided into the Hundred of Englefield (Welsh: Cantref Tegeingl ), derived from the Latin Deceangli .

The current administrative area of Flintshire (a unitary authority and principal area) came into existence in 1996, when the former administrative counties in Wales were split into smaller areas.