Editing County town (section)

===Wales===
Following the [[Norman invasion of Wales]], the [[Cambro-Normans]] created the historic shire system (also known as ancient counties). Many of these counties were named for the centre of Norman power within the new county (Caernarfonshire named for Caernarfon, Monmouthshire named for Monmouth) others were named after the previous medieval Welsh kingdoms (Ceredigon becomes Cardigan, Morgannwg becomes Glamorgan). The [[Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542|1535 Laws in Wales Act]] established the historic counties in [[English law]], but in Wales they were later replaced with eight [[Preserved counties of Wales|preserved counties]] for ceremonial purposes and the twenty two [[Local government in Wales|principal areas]] are used for administrative purposes. Neither of these subdivisions use official county towns, although their administrative headquarters and ceremonial centres are often located in the historic county town.<ref>John Davies, ''A History of Wales'', Penguin, 1993, {{ISBN|0-14-028475-3}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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!Name in English !! Name in Welsh !! County town in English !! County town in Welsh 
|-
| {{flag|Anglesey}}||Ynys Môn||[[Llangefni]]<br>(formerly [[Beaumaris, Wales|Beaumaris]]?)||Llangefni<br>Biwmares 
|-
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Brecknockshire.svg}} [[Brecknockshire]]||Brycheiniog||[[Brecon]]||Aberhonddu
|-
| {{flag|Caernarfonshire}}<br>(formerly Carnarvonshire)||Sir Gaernarfon||[[Caernarfon]]||Caernarfon
|-
| {{flag|Cardiganshire}}||Ceredigion||[[Cardigan, Wales|Cardigan]]||Aberteifi
|-
| [[Carmarthenshire]]||Sir Gaerfyrddin||[[Carmarthen]]||Caerfyrddin
|-
| [[Denbighshire (historic)|Denbighshire]]||Sir Ddinbych||[[Ruthin]] (formerly [[Denbigh]])||Rhuthun (formerly Dinbych)
|-
| {{flag|Flintshire}}||Sir y Fflint||[[Mold, Flintshire|Mold]] (formerly [[Flint, Wales|Flint]])||Yr Wyddgrug (formerly Y Fflint)
|-
| {{flag|Glamorgan}}||Morgannwg||[[Cardiff]]||Caerdydd
|-
| {{flag|Merioneth}} or Merionethshire||Meirionnydd or Sir Feirionnydd||[[Dolgellau]]||Dolgellau
|-
| [[Montgomeryshire]]||Sir Drefaldwyn||[[Welshpool]] (formerly [[Montgomery, Powys|Montgomery]])||Y Trallwng (formerly Trefaldwyn)
|-
| {{flag|Monmouthshire}}||Sir Fynwy|| [[Monmouth]]||Trefynwy
|-
| {{flag|Pembrokeshire}}||Sir Benfro||[[Haverfordwest]] (formerly [[Pembroke, Pembrokeshire|Pembroke]])||Hwlffordd (formerly Penfro)
|-
| [[Radnorshire]]||Sir Faesyfed||[[Presteigne]] (formerly [[New Radnor]])||Llanandras (former Maesyfed)
|}

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