Illogan
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Illogan (pronounced ''il'luggan'', ) is a village and civil parish in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, two miles (3 km) northwest of Redruth. The population of Illogan was 5,404 at the 2011 census. In the same year the population of the Camborne-Redruth urban area, which also includes Carn Brea, Illogan and several satellite villages, stood at 55,400 making it the largest conurbation in Cornwall. Originally a rural area supporting itself by farming and agriculture, Illogan shared in the general leap into prosperity brought about by the mining boom, which was experienced by the who
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Place details
- Locality
- Illogan
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image
- St Illogan Church Bell Tower - geograph.org.uk - 188951.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 240px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Illogan Church Bell Tower
- UK place.official_name
- Illogan
- UK place.cornish_name
- Egloshalow
- UK place.population
- 5,404
- UK place.population_ref
- (Civil Parish, 2011)
- UK place.unitary_england
- Cornwall
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Cornwall
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Camborne and Redruth
- UK place.post_town
- Redruth
- UK place.postcode_district
- TR16
- UK place.postcode_area
- TR
- UK place.dial_code
- 01209
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SW673439
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 5404
- Image
- Illogan, Post-war housing.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01209
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- Illogan
- postal code
- TR16
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Illogan (pronounced ''il'luggan, ) is a village and civil parish in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, two miles (3 km) northwest of Redruth. The population of Illogan was 5,404 at the 2011 census. In the same year the population of the Camborne-Redruth urban area, which also includes Carn Brea, Illogan and several satellite villages, stood at 55,400 making it the largest conurbation in Cornwall. Originally a rural area supporting itself by farming and agriculture, Illogan shared in the general leap into prosperity brought about by the mining boom, which was experienced by the whole Camborne-Redruth area.
==History== ===Antiquities=== In 1931 the ruins of a Roman villa at Magor Farm were found by Nicholas Warren and excavated under the guidance of the Royal Institution of Cornwall. The villa was probably the residence of a wealthy Dumnonian who had adopted the Roman lifestyle.
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