Mold is a town in Flintshire, Wales, on the River Alyn. It is the administrative seat of Flintshire County Council, and was the county town of Clwyd from 1974 to 1996.
According to the 2001 UK Census, it has a population of 9,568.
Mold either originates from the Norman-French "mont-hault" (high hill)or from Robert de Montalt and is recorded as Mohald in a document of 1254.
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