Place:Newport District, Gwent, Wales

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NameNewport District
TypeDistrict municipality
Coordinates51.583°N 2.983°W
Located inGwent, Wales     (1974 - 1996)
See alsoNewport, Monmouthshire, Walesmajor forerunner of the district municipality
Magor and St. Mellons Rural, Monmouthshire, Walesrural district which contributed some parishes to Newport in 1974
Newport (principal area), Walesunitary authority which replaced it in 1996
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Newport was the largest town in the historic county of Monmouthshire until 1974 and became a unitary authority in 1996. During the interim period it was a district municipality in the county of Gwent which replaced Monmouthshire in 1974.

Newport, Gwent, included the County Borough of Newport as constituted in Monmouthshire before 1974 along with some neighbouring parishes from Magor and St. Mellons Rural District.

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