Gelligaer
Sign in to saveGelligaer (; ) is a community in the County Borough of Caerphilly, Wales, in the Rhymney River valley. As well as the village of Gelligaer, the community also includes the small towns of Hengoed and Ystrad Mynach. The population of the community at the 2011 census was 18,408.
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Vinony's link graph records 131 inbound references to Gelligaer, and connects out to Caerphilly County Borough, Caerphilly and Wales.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Communities in Caerphilly County Borough, Politics of Glamorgan and Roman legionary fortresses in Wales.
Vinony links it to 14 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- UK place.type
- Community
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.static_image_name
- Gelligaer, Harp Inn.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Gelligaer, Harp Inn
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Caerphilly
- UK place.module
- 240pxMap of the community
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Gelli-gaer
- Population
- 18408
- Image
- Gelligaer, Harp Inn.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
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Gelligaer (; ) is a community in the County Borough of Caerphilly, Wales, in the Rhymney River valley. As well as the village of Gelligaer, the community also includes the small towns of Hengoed and Ystrad Mynach. The population of the community at the 2011 census was 18,408.
== History == Gelligaer is known for its stone Roman fort, part of a network within Roman Wales, believed to have been built between 103 and 111 A.D. and excavated in the early 20th century.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gelligaer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations