Llanwenarth Ultra is an electoral ward near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. The ward elects councillors to Llanfoist Fawr Community Council and

Monmouthshire County Council Monmouthshire County Council (or simply Monmouthshire Council) ( cy, Cyngor Sir Fynwy) is the governing body for the Monmouthshire principal area – one of the unitary authorities of Wales. The current unitary authority was created in 1996 a ...

History and description

The ward (previously a civil parish) is based around the main population centre of Govilon, a large village between Gilwern (to the west) and

Llanfoist Llanfoist ( cy, Llan-ffwyst) is both a village near Abergavenny, in Monmouthshire, Wales, and the community of Llanfoist Fawr. Llanfoist derives from ''Ffwyst'', an early Christian Welsh saint, although the anglicised version of the church ...

(to the east). Llanwenarth Ultra was originally a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

, formed from 2,433 acres of the civil parish of Llanwenarth Citra in 1874. (reproduced o
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At the end of the 19th century Govilon had a population of 500 and its own railway station on the Abergavenny and Merthyr branch of the London and North Western Railway. Llanwenarth Ultra has been part of the

Llanfoist Fawr Llanfoist Fawr (Welsh: ''Llan-ffwyst Fawr'') is a community in the county of Monmouthshire, Wales, and is 23.8 miles (38.3 km) from Cardiff and 126.3 miles (203.2 km) from London. In 2011 the population of Llanfoist Fawr was 3217 with 1 ...

community A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, ...

since the 1970s. According to the

2001 UK Census A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194. The 2001 UK census was organised by the Office for National ...

the population of the Llanwenarth Ultra ward was 1,354, increasing to 1,447 by the 2011 UK Census.

Community Council elections

Being part of the community of Llanfoist Fawr, Llanwenarth Ultra is a community ward electing or co-opting up to six of the twelve community councillors to Llanfoist Fawr Community Council. Prior to the May 2017 elections only two nominations were received, leading to four seats remaining vacant.

County Council elections

The Llanwenarth Ultra ward has elected one county councillor to

since 1995. Prior to 1995 Llanwenarth Ultra was part of the

Llanover Llanover (; cy, Llanofer) is a village in the community of Goetre Fawr in Monmouthshire, Wales. Location Llanover is located four miles south of Abergavenny just off the A4042 road to Pontypool. The community includes the separate hamlets o ...

ward for elections to Gwent County Council. Since the first elections to Monmouthshire County Council in 1995 the ward has been represented by the Labour Party.

References

{{reflist Monmouthshire electoral wards Former civil parishes of Wales