Flintshire

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Flintshire Sir y Fflint (Welsh)
County
Left to right: Clwydian Range from Waen y Llyn in Llanfynydd St Winefride's Well in Holywell River Dee, Deeside, with the Flintshire Bridge
Coat of arms
Flintshire shown within Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	Wales
Preserved county	Clwyd
Established	1 April 1996
Administrative HQ	Mold
Largest town	Connah's Quay
Government
• Type	Principal council
• Body	Flintshire County Council
• Executive	TBA (council NOC)
• Leader	Ian Roberts (Labour)
• Chairman	Marion Bateman
• Chief Executive	Colin Everett
• MPs	Rob Roberts (C) Mark Tami (L)
Area
• Total	169 sq mi (438 km2)
• Rank	12th
Population  (2022)
• Total	155,319
• Rank	7th
• Density	910/sq mi (353/km2)
• Ethnicity	97.8% white
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
Postcode areas	CH LL
Dialling codes	01352 01745 01244
GSS code	W06000005
ISO 3166-2	GB-FLN
NUTS 3 code	UKL23
ONS code	00NJ
Website	www.flintshire.gov.uk

Flintshire (Welsh: Sir y Fflint) is a county in the north-east of Wales. It has a maritime border with Merseyside along the Dee Estuary to the north, and land borders with Cheshire to the east, Wrexham County Borough to the south, and Denbighshire to the west. Connah's Quay is the largest town, while Flintshire County Council is based in Mold.

The county covers 169 square miles (440 km²), with a population of 155,000 in 2021. After Connah's Quay-Shotton (23,000) the largest settlements are Flint (13,736), Buckley (16,127) and Mold (10,123). The east of the county is industrialised and contains the Deeside conurbation, which extends into Cheshire and has a population of 53,568. The adjacent coast is also home to industry, but further west has been developed for tourism, particularly at Talacre. Inland, the west of the county is sparsely populated and characterised by gentle hills, including part of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley AONB.

The county is named after the historic county of the same name, which was established by the Statute of Rhuddlan in 1284 and has notably different borders. The county is considered part of the Welsh Marches and formed part of the historic Earldom of Chester and Flint.