Caerphilly
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Caerphilly (, ; , ) is a town and community in Wales. It is situated at the southern end of the Rhymney Valley and separated from the Cardiff suburbs of Lisvane and Rhiwbina by Caerphilly Mountain.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.type
- Town
- UK place.welsh_name
- Caerffili
- UK place.official_name
- Caerphilly
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Caerphilly
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- Gwent
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Caerphilly
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Caerphilly
- UK place.post_town
- CAERPHILLY
- UK place.postcode_district
- CF83
- UK place.postcode_area
- CF
- UK place.dial_code
- 029
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- ST1586
- UK place.population
- 41,402
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census)
- UK place.module
- 240pxMap of the community
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- community
- Official name
- Caerffili
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 15989
- Area
- 967.65
- Capital of
- Caerphilly County Borough
- Image
- Castell Caerffili o'r awyr - aerial (drone) view of Caerphilly Castle - 2023 04.jpg
- Dialing code
- 029
Show 11 more facts
- category for people born here
- Q8055760
- twinned administrative body
- Písek
- Commons category
- Caerphilly (town)
- topic's main category
- Category:Caerphilly
- OS grid reference
- ST157868
- postal code
- CF83
- historic county
- Glamorgan
- P8168
- Kitchener
- different from
- Caerphilly County Borough
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- Klipphausen
Sources (8)
via Wikidata · CC0
~14 min read
Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
- Governance
- Culture
- Caerphilly Heart Disease Study
- Transport
- Aviation
- Rail
- Road
- Bus
- Traditional buses
- Metro
- Notable people
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Caerphilly (, ; , ) is a town and community in Wales. It is situated at the southern end of the Rhymney Valley and separated from the Cardiff suburbs of Lisvane and Rhiwbina by Caerphilly Mountain.
It is north of Cardiff and west of Newport. It is the largest town in Caerphilly County Borough and lies within the historic borders of Glamorgan, on the border with Monmouthshire. At the 2011 Census, the town had a population of 41,402 while the wider Caerphilly local authority area had a population of 178,806.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Caerphilly” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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