page_title: Monmouth
section_title: Monmouthpedia
hierarchical_section_title: Monmouth / Monmouthpedia
caption_attribution_description: English: QRpedia plaque for Shire Hall, Monmouth Français&#160;: "QRpedia" (Code QR)sur plaque céramique pemettant aux touristes ou autres usagers d'accéder directement à la page Wikipédia présentant le Shire Hall de Monmouth (chef-lieu du comté du Monmouthshire au pays de Galles). Mi-2012, plus 1000 plaques de ce type avaient déjà été posées dans la ville, dans le cadre du projet Monmouthpedia et en complément des guides touristiques ou d'usagers existants
context_page_description: Monmouth is both the historic county town of Monmouthshire in Wales and a community. Situated where the River Monnow joins the River Wye, 2 miles of the Wales–England border. Monmouth is 30 miles northeast of Cardiff, and 113 miles west of London. It is within the Monmouthshire local authority, and the parliamentary constituency of Monmouth. The population in the 2011 census was 10,508, rising from 8,877 in 2001.
  The town was the site of a small Roman fort, Blestium, and became established after the Normans built a castle c. 1067. The medieval stone gated bridge is the only one of its type remaining in Britain. The castle later came into the possession of the House of Lancaster, and was the birthplace of King Henry V in 1386. In 1536, it became the county town of Monmouthshire.
  A market town and a focus of educational and cultural activities for the surrounding rural area, Monmouth has become a tourism centre at the heart of the Wye Valley.
context_section_description: Monmouth is the focus of MonmouthpediA, the first Wikipedia GLAM project to cover a whole town, creating Wikipedia articles on interesting and notable features and aspects of the town.  It uses QRpedia QR codes to deliver articles to users, in English, Welsh or alternative languages.
caption: A QRpedia QR code outside Shire Hall
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