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==Governance== |
==Governance== |
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An [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral ward]] |
An [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral ward]] with same name exists. This ward also includes the community of [[Llangywer]] with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 877.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/llanuwchllyn-w05000084#sthash.MMpN28YO.dpbs|title=Ward population 2011|accessdate=17 May 2015}}</ref> |
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==Notes== |
==Notes== |
Revision as of 07:26, 10 July 2015
Llanuwchllyn is a village and community in Gwynedd, Wales, near the southern end of Bala Lake (Llyn Tegid). Its population according to the United Kingdom Census 2001 was 834,[1] of whom about 81% were Welsh-speaking.[2] The figures for the 2011 census were:population 617:welsh speakers 82%.[3]
The parish church of St Deiniol is a grade II* listed building. [4]
Llanuwchllyn railway station is the headquarters of the narrow gauge Bala Lake Railway, centred on the former Great Western Railway station on the standard-gauge line from Ruabon to Barmouth.
The village was the birthplace of Welsh language author and educationalist Owen Morgan Edwards.
Caer gai, a Roman fort near Llanuwchllyn, was traditionally known as the home of Cei, the character in the Arthurian legend known in English as Sir Kay. Poets of the 15th century recorded a story, ultimately deriving from the Prose Merlin included in the Lancelot-Grail and the Post-Vulgate Cycle, that King Arthur and Cei were brought up at Caer-gai as foster brothers.[5] Caer gai is also grade II* listed. [6]
Governance
An electoral ward with same name exists. This ward also includes the community of Llangywer with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 877.[7]
Notes
- ^ Llanuwchllyn Census 2001 National Office of Statistics
- ^ Welsh-speaking statistics Welsh Language Board
- ^ "Community population 2011 plus percentage of welsh speakers". Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- ^ "Parish Church of St Deiniol, Llanuwchllyn". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
- ^ Bromwich, p. 311.
- ^ "Caer Gai, including adjoining forecourt walls to the NE, Llanuwchllyn". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
- ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 17 May 2015.
References
- Bromwich, Rachel (2006). Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Triads of the Island of Britain. University Of Wales Press. ISBN 0-7083-1386-8.
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