Creigiau
Sign in to saveCreigiau is a dormitory settlement in the north-west of Cardiff, the capital of Wales. The village currently has about 1,500 houses and a population of approximately 5,000 people. Prior to 2022 The Cardiff electoral ward covering the village was Creigiau & St Fagans. Following the recommendations of the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales the ward was merged with Pentyrch to form the new ward of "Pentyrch and St Fagans" effective from the 2022 Cardiff Council election. The village has a strong Welsh-speaking community, and along with Pentyrch has one of the largest clusters of We
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It is catalogued under topics including Former electoral wards of Cardiff and Villages in Cardiff.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Cardiff
- Region
- Cymru / Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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- Instance of
- village
- Official name
- Creigiau
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Pentyrch
- Population
- 5153
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Station Road-Heol Creigiau junction - geograph.org.uk - 2613106.jpg
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- Creigiau
- historic county
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- Anglo-Saxons
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- History
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- Creigiau Pottery
- Governance
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Creigiau is a dormitory settlement in the north-west of Cardiff, the capital of Wales. The village currently has about 1,500 houses and a population of approximately 5,000 people. Prior to 2022 The Cardiff electoral ward covering the village was Creigiau & St Fagans. Following the recommendations of the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales the ward was merged with Pentyrch to form the new ward of "Pentyrch and St Fagans" effective from the 2022 Cardiff Council election. The village has a strong Welsh-speaking community, and along with Pentyrch has one of the largest clusters of Welsh-speakers in Cardiff. 23.4% of the village speaks Welsh.
== History == Creigiau's former industrial centre was a quarry, which opened in the 1870s and closed in 2001. The village was linked to Cardiff and Barry by the Barry Railway's railway station, located on the eastern edge of the village, which was closed as part of the Beeching cuts. The Welsh language has always had a strong presence in Creigiau and the majority of its inhabitants still spoke Welsh in 1890.
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