District of Montgomeryshire

Montgomeryshire
Welsh: Maldwyn
Montgomery

Area
 • 1974510,109 acres (2,064.34 km2)[1]
Population
 • 1973[1]43,580
 • 1992[2]53,700
History
 • Created1 April 1974
 • Abolished31 March 1996
 • Succeeded byPowys
StatusDistrict
 • HQWelshpool
Arms of Montgomeryshire District Council

The District of Montgomeryshire or Montgomery (Welsh: Maldwyn) was one of three local government districts of the county of Powys, Wales, from 1974 until 1996. The district had an identical area to the previous administrative county of Montgomeryshire. The district was abolished in 1996, with Powys County Council taking over its functions.

  1. ^ a b Local government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 107. ISBN 0117508470.
  2. ^ OPCS Key Population and Vital Statistics 1992