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	County Town: Newport County Population: 138,000 (estimate)
	With an area of 191 sq km (74 sq miles) Newport used to be part of the larger historic county of Monmouthshire. The south of the region is low-lying, and prior to the Romans draining the area, it was covered in marshes. Further inland the terrain is undulating, with hilly areas to the far north.
	The Romans settled in Monmouthshire during the 1st century AD, at which time they built many forts, one of which, Caerleon, became the modern town of Newport. Some time after their departure in 400 AD, Saxons tried to invade the region but the local people resisted so fiercely that it was not until the Normans conquered the county in the late 1060s that English settlements finally appeared, at which point many castles were built in South Wales, including Newport Castle.
	Newport City is now a major centre for the production of steel, and also a very important port. There are notable museums and galleries in Newport, the remains of a Norman castle, a Norman cathedral, and some of the most impressive Roman remains to be seen in the UK. Excavations have revealed an amphitheatre where gladiators fought, an elaborate bathhouse, and the site of the legionaries' barracks.
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