Merionethshire
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Merionethshire, or Merioneth ( or ''''), was one of the thirteen counties of Wales that existed from 1536 until their abolition in 1974. It was located in the north-west of Wales.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Merionethshire is referenced by 625 other articles, and connects out to Ceredigion, Cadair Idris and Meirionnydd.
The entry is geolocated on the map in adm2nd, across 3 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Historic counties of Wales, History of Gwynedd and Merionethshire.
Its subject is documented across 17 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Historic subdivision.Name
- Merionethshire
- Historic subdivision.HQ
- Dolgellau
- Historic subdivision.Government
- Merionethshire County Council (1889–1974)
- Historic subdivision.Status
- Shire county under Justiciar of North Wales (1284–1536)Non-administrative county (1536–1889)Administrative county (1889–1974)Historic county (non-administrative)
- Historic subdivision.Code
- MER
- Historic subdivision.CodeName
- Chapman code
- Historic subdivision.Motto
- Tra môr, tra Meirion (While the sea lasts, so shall Meirionnydd)
- Historic subdivision.Image
- 160px|Flag of Merioneth Flag of Merionethshire adopted in 2015
- Historic subdivision.Arms
- 150px|Coat of arms of Merionethshire County Council
- Historic subdivision.PopulationFirst
- 35,315
- Historic subdivision.PopulationFirstYear
- 1831
- Historic subdivision.AreaFirstYear
- 1831
- Historic subdivision.DensityFirst
- 0.1/acre
- Historic subdivision.DensityFirstYear
- 1831
- Historic subdivision.PopulationSecond
- 45,565
- Historic subdivision.PopulationSecondYear
- 1911
- Historic subdivision.AreaSecondYear
- 1911/1961
- Historic subdivision.DensitySecond
- 0.1/acre
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- historic county of Wales
- Part of
- Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Wales
- Population
- 37835
- Shares border with
- Cardiganshire
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- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1974-04-01
- inception
- 1284-00-00
- topic's main category
- Category:Merionethshire
- Commons category
- Merionethshire
- catalog code
- MRN
- historic county
- Merionethshire
- P12749
- Jean-Philippe Rameau
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Name
- Geography
- History
- Local government
- Main towns
- Places of special interest (with grid reference)
- Railways
- See also
- References
- Further reading
Merionethshire, or Merioneth ( or ''''), was one of the thirteen counties of Wales that existed from 1536 until their abolition in 1974. It was located in the north-west of Wales.
==Name== 'Merioneth' is an anglicisation of the Welsh placename Meirionnydd (for the geographical area) or Sir Feirionnydd (for the county), with a 'double' , but the variant with a single is sometimes found in older works
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Merionethshire” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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On the map
3 mapped locations