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<p><b>Gwent County Council</b>  was the upper-tier local authority that governed the county of <a href="page.php?w=Gwent_%28county%29">Gwent</a> in <a href="page.php?w=South_Wales">South Wales</a> from its creation in 1974 to its abolition in 1996. For most of its existence, the county council was based in <a href="page.php?w=Cwmbran">Cwmbran</a>.</p>

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<p>Gwent County Council was created on 1 April 1974 under the <a href="page.php?w=Local_Government_Act_1972">Local Government Act 1972</a>. It took over the geographical area and</p><p>
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