Caernarfonshire
| Caernarfonshire Welsh: Sir Gaernarfon United Kingdom | |
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| Area: | 480 square miles |
| Population: | Template:Hcspop |
| County town: | Caernarfon |
| County flower: | Snowdon lily [1] |
The County of Caernarfon is a shire at the very northwest of Wales. Its name can also been spelled Carnarvonshire or in other variants, the spelling "Caernarfonshire" being taken from the Welsh form of the county town's name, which has become the preferred form.
Geography
The county is bounded to the north by the Irish Sea, to the east by Denbighshire, to the south by Cardigan Bay and Merionethshire, and to the west by Caernarfon Bay and the Menai Strait, separating it from Anglesey.
The county has a largely mountainous surface. A large part of the Snowdonian Range lies in the centre and south of the county, including Snowdon itself, the highest mountain in Wales at 3,560 ft. The north-west of the county is formed by the Lleyn peninsula, with Bardsey Island lying off its western end. The north of the county, between the mountains and Menai Strait, is a nearly level plain. The east of the county is part of Vale of Conwy, with the River Conwy forming much of the eastern boundary. Llandudno and Creuddyn forms a small peninsula to the north-east across the Conwy estuary.[1]
Towns and villages
Parishes
- Aber
- Aberdaron
- Bangor
- Beddgelert
- Bethesda
- Betws Garmon
- Betws-y-Coed
- Bontnewydd
- Botwnnog
- Bro Machno
- Buan
- Caerhun
- Caernarfon
- Capel Curig
- Clynnog
- Conwy
- Criccieth
- Dolbenmaen
- Dolgarrog
- Dolwyddelan
- Henryd
- Llanaelhaearn
- Llanbedrog
- Llanberis
- Llanddeiniolen
- Llanddoged and Maenan
- Llandudno
- Llandwrog
- Llandygai
- Llanengan
- Llanfairfechan
- Llanllechid
- Llanllyfni
- Llannor
- Llanrug
- Llanwnda
- Llanystumdwy
- Nefyn
- Penmaenmawr
- Pentir
- Pistyll
- Porthmadog
- Pwllheli
- Trefriw
- Tudweiliog
- Waunfawr
- Y Felinheli
- Ysbyty Ifan
References
- ↑ Samuel Lewis (editor) (1849). "Carnarvonshire". A Topographical Dictionary of Wales. British History Online. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=47810#s2. Retrieved 2008-07-27.
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