Mold
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town and community in Flintshire, Wales, UK
Key facts
- Population
- 10,058 ( 2011 census )
- Os grid reference
- SJ237640
- Community
- Mold
- Principal area
- Flintshire
- Preserved county
- Clwyd
- Country
- Wales
- Sovereign state
- United Kingdom
- Post town
- MOLD
- Postcode district
- CH7
- Dialling code
- 01352
- Police
- North Wales
- Fire
- North Wales
- Ambulance
- Welsh
- Uk parliament
- Clwyd East
- Senedd cymru welsh parliament
- Delyn
- Website
- Town council
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- community
- Official name
- Yr Wyddgrug
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Flintshire
- Population
- 10058
- Image
- Stryd Fawr yr Wyddgrug 2.JPG
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- Commons category
- Mold, Flintshire
- historic county
- Flintshire
- OS grid reference
- SJ237640
- postal code
- CH7
- P8168
- Orden
- native label
- Yr Wyddgrug
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- Käbschütztal
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Mold (Welsh: Yr Wyddgrug ) is a town and community in Flintshire, Wales, on the River Alyn. It is the historic county town and was the administrative seat of Flintshire County Council from 1996 to 2025, as it was of Clwyd from 1974 to 1996. According to the 2011 UK census, it had a population of 10,058. A 2019 estimate puts it at 10,123.
Toponymy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mold” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.