Frongoch
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Coordinates: 52°56′31″N 3°37′44″W / 52.942°N 3.629°W
| Frongoch | |
 Frongoch
Frongoch shown within Gwynedd |
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| OS grid reference | SH905392 |
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| Principal area | Gwynedd |
| Ceremonial county | Gwynedd |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | LL23 |
| Dialling code | 01678 |
| Police | North Wales |
| Fire | North Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | Dwyfor Meirionnydd |
| Welsh Assembly | Dwyfor Meirionnydd |
| List of places: UK • Wales • Gwynedd | |
The village of Frongoch is located in Gwynedd, Wales. It lies close to the market town of Bala, on the A4212 road in north Wales.
It was the home of the Frongoch internment camp, used to hold German prisoners-of-war during First World War, and then Irish Republican prisoners from the 1916 Rising.
Frongoch railway station was on the Bala Ffestiniog Line. It closed to passenger services on 2 January 1960 and freight services on 27 January 1961.
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