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Conwy
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Conwy (, ), previously known in English as Conway, is a walled market town, community and the administrative centre of Conwy County Borough in North Wales. The walled town and castle stand on the west bank of the River Conwy, facing Deganwy on the east bank. The town formerly lay in Gwynedd and prior to that in Caernarfonshire. The community, which also includes Deganwy and Llandudno Junction, had a population of 14,753 at the 2011 census.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.static_image_name
- Conwy Castle, water view1.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Conwy Castle and the three bridges over the River Conwy
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Aberconwy
- UK place.official_name
- Conwy
- UK place.population
- 14,723
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Conwy
- UK place.community_wales
- Conwy
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- Clwyd
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Bangor Aberconwy
- UK place.post_town
- CONWY
- UK place.postcode_district
- LL31, LL32
- UK place.postcode_area
- LL
- UK place.dial_code
- 01492
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SH775775
- UK place.module
- 240pxMap of the community
- UK place.website
- conwytowncouncil.gov.uk
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- fortified town
- Official name
- Conwy
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 15700
- Body of water
- River Conwy
- Capital of
- Conwy County Borough
- Image
- Awyrlun o Gastell Conwy - Aerial photograph of Castell Conwy, Conwy County Borough, Cymru (Wales).jpg
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- Commons category
- Conwy (town)
- topic's main category
- Category:Conwy
- OS grid reference
- SH775775
- inception
- 1283-00-00
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Conwy
- historic county
- Caernarfonshire
- P12749
- Hellas Verona FC
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- History
- Castle and town walls
- Abbey
- Suspension bridge
- Railway bridge
- Aberconwy House
- Plas Mawr
- Albion Ale House
- Smallest house in Great Britain
- Vardre Hall
- Medieval watchtower
- Notable locations
- Transport
- Lifeboat
- Governance
- Administrative history
- Gallery
- References
- External links
Conwy (, ), previously known in English as Conway, is a walled market town, community and the administrative centre of Conwy County Borough in North Wales. The walled town and castle stand on the west bank of the River Conwy, facing Deganwy on the east bank. The town formerly lay in Gwynedd and prior to that in Caernarfonshire. The community, which also includes Deganwy and Llandudno Junction, had a population of 14,753 at the 2011 census.
Postal addresses do not follow the community boundaries. On the east bank of the river, Deganwy forms part of the Conwy post town, but Llandudno Junction is a separate post town. The ward on the west bank of the river had a population of 4,065 at the 2011 census.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Conwy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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