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  • ...shire]], and gives the county its name. It lies by the [[Radnor Forest]]. The population today is around 400. The village is said to have been built to replace [[Old Radnor]] perhaps as ear
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  • '''Carmarthen''' is the county town of [[Carmarthenshire]]. It stands on the [[River Towy]] 8 miles north of its mouth at [[Carmarthen Bay]]. ...ated by the mid 19th century as more dynamic economic centres developed in the South Wales coalfield.<ref name="Jenkins"/>
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  • ...nal infrastructure. It was granted city status on 1 September 2022 to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. ==The town==
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  • ...nni]], to the north-east the rich farmland of Bro Dysynni, and to the east the hills of Craig y Barcud and Craig Fach-Goch. ...ometimes called ''Towyn-on-Sea''. At the time of the 2001 census, 40.5% of the population were Welsh-speakers.
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  • ...o the Snowdonia National Park which covers not just he Snowdonia range but the wider mountainous fastness of Caernarfonshire and [[Merionethshire]]. ...nowdonia is [[Snowdon]], the highest mountain in [[Great Britain]] outside the [[Highlands]] of Scotland, rising to 3,560 feet above sea level.
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  • ...Garth Celyn''' it was the seat of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, known as Llywelyn the Last. ...h beyond the dual carriageway is a fine view over the broad Lavan Sands in the [[Menai Strait]].
    13 KB (2,169 words) - 12:01, 30 December 2016
  • ...The village lies mostly to the west of the [[River Glaslyn]], which forms the border with [[Merionethshire]]. ==The legend of Gelert==
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  • ...which is taken from the 5th century to 6th century Saint Grwst, after whom the parish church is named. ...population of the town was 3,037 according to the 2001 Census, and 65% of the inhabitants were Welsh-speakers.
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  • [[File:Flag of Powys.svg|right|thumb|200px|Banner of the House of Mathrafal]] ...the Dark Ages following the Roman withdrawal from Britain and endured into the Middle Ages.
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  • [[File:Flag of Wales 2.svg|right|thumb|350px|The flag of Wales]] ...and north, the [[Celtic Sea]] to the south and the English [[Midlands]] to the East.
    32 KB (5,049 words) - 09:34, 30 January 2021
  • |picture=Carnedd Llywelyn.JPG ...Grach]] to the north. A short subsidiary ridge links it to [[Yr Elen]] to the north-west.
    5 KB (756 words) - 08:48, 28 August 2018
  • ...mb|300px|right|The Carneddau from near Pentir. Yr Elen centre with Carnedd Llywelyn behind, Carnedd Dafydd right]] [[File:Aber Falls.jpg|thumb|250px|Aber Falls at the foot of the Carneddau]]
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  • [[File:Caernarfonshire flag at Inigo Jones Slate Works.jpeg|right|thumb|220px|The flag of Caernarfonshire flying at Inigo Jones Slate Works, Groeslon]] ...20px|The flag of Caernarfonshire displayed on the summit of Mount Snowdon, the county's highest point.]]
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  • [[File:Flag of Gwynedd.png|right|thumb|200px|Banner of the House of Aberffraw]] ...tle "King of Britain", and in its last days the rulers of Gwynedd attained the title "Prince of Wales".
    27 KB (4,330 words) - 14:51, 28 August 2014
  • [[File:Puffin islandmap1947.png|thumb|right|200px|A map of the island from 1947]] ...formerly known as ''Priestholm'' in English and ''Ynys Lannog'' in Welsh. The current Welsh name, ''Ynys Seiriol'', means "Seiriol's Island", after St Se
    4 KB (669 words) - 09:33, 18 March 2017
  • [[File:Channel Islands location.svg|right|thumb|250px|Location of the Channel Islands]] ...n of about 158,000 between the eight inhabited isles and the total area of the islands is 75 square miles.
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  • |picture caption=The Little Orme at sunset seen from Colwyn Bay ...y and business centre in the north of Wales as well as the 16th largest in the whole of Wales with a population of over 30,000.
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  • |picture caption=The main street of Overton-on-Dee '''Overton-on-Dee''' is a small rural town and parish in the main detached part of [[Flintshire]], [[Maelor Saesneg]].
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  • ...s Bay, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and which is partly owned by the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National ...lsh Alliance League, but once got as high as the League of Wales, becoming the first team on Anglesey to do so.
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  • ...to [[Llangoed]], sharing a community council with it. The name comes from the Welsh ''pen'' ("head" or "promontory") and ''Môn'', ("Anglesey"). ...nquillity, bracing air and fine views of [[Snowdonia]] to the south across the [[Menai Strait]].
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