This article is about the town. For the principal area, see Conwy County Borough. For other uses, see Conwy (disambiguation).
Human settlement in Wales
Conwy
Conwy Castle and the three bridges over the River Conwy
Conwy
Location within Conwy
Population
14,723 (2011)
OS grid reference
SH775775
Community
Conwy
Principal area
Conwy
Preserved county
Clwyd
Country
Wales
Sovereign state
United Kingdom
Post town
CONWY
Postcode district
LL31, LL32
Dialling code
01492
Police
North Wales
Fire
North Wales
Ambulance
Welsh
UK Parliament
Aberconwy
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
Aberconwy
List of places
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Conwy
53°17′N3°50′W / 53.28°N 3.83°W / 53.28; -3.83
Conwy (/ˈkɒnwi/, Welsh:[ˈkɔnʊɨ]ⓘ), 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.[1]
Although the community of Conwy straddles the River Conwy, for postal purposes the areas on the east bank form part of the post town of Llandudno Junction, with the Conwy post town being confined to west bank of the river. The ward on the west bank of the river had a population of 4,065 at the 2011 census.[2]
The resident population of the wider Conwy County Borough was estimated to be 116,200 in an ONS-estimate.[3]
The name 'Conwy' derives from the old Welsh words cyn (chief) and gwy (water), the river being originally called the 'Cynwy'.[4][5][6][7]
^"Town population 2011". Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
^"Ward population 2011". Retrieved 21 May 2015.
^"Population - Conwy County Borough Council". Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
^Llandudno: its history and natural history, 1861, Richard Parry
^A guide through North Wales, 1860, William Cathrall & Andrew Crombie Ramsay
^Transactions, 1822, Cymmrodorion society
^The pedestrian's guide through North Wales, 1838, George John Bennett
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