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List of historic counties of Wales by area in 1891

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This is a list of the historic counties of Wales as recorded by the 1891 census, ordered by their area.

Rank	County	Area (acres)
1	Carmarthenshire	587,816 (2,378 km)
2	Glamorgan	516,959 (2,092 km)
3	Montgomeryshire	510,111 (2,064 km)
4	Brecknockshire	475,224 (1,923 km)
5	Cardiganshire	440,630 (1,783 km)
6	Merionethshire	427,810 (1,731 km)
7	Denbighshire	423,477 (1,713 km)
8	Pembrokeshire	395,151 (1,599 km)
9	Caernarfonshire	361,097 (1,461 km)
10	Monmouthshire	341,688 (1,382 km)
11	Radnorshire	301,164 (1,218 km)
12	Anglesey	175,836 (711 km)
13	Flintshire	164,050 (663 km)

References

1891 census

UK Census counties by population and area
England	Population 1971 1971 county boroughs 1981 Area 1831 1871 1891 (ancient)
Wales	1971 by population Area 1831 1891 (ancient)
Scotland	Population 1951 1971 1951 by area

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