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County borough in Wales
Conwy County Borough
Bwrdeistref Sirol Conwy(Welsh)
County borough
View across the Conwy estuary from the Great Orme to Penmaenmawr and Snowdonia (Eryri)
Coat of arms
Sovereign state
United Kingdom
Country
Wales
Preserved county
Clwyd
Established
1 April 1996
Admin HQ
Conwy
Largest town
Colwyn Bay
Government
• Type
Principal council
• Body
Conwy County Borough Council
• Control
No overall control
• MPs
Robin Millar, C
David Jones, C
• MSs
Darren Millar, C
Janet Finch-Saunders, C (Constituency)
North Wales (Regional)
Area
• Total
1,126 km2 (435 sq mi)
• Rank
6th
Population
(2022)
• Total
114,290
• Rank
15th
• Density
102/km2 (260/sq mi)
• Rank
16th
• Ethnicity
98.2% White
Welsh language
• Rank
5th
• Any skills
25.9%
Geocode
00NE (ONS) W06000003 (GSS)
ISO 3166 code
GB-CWY
Conwy County Borough (Welsh: Bwrdeistref Sirol Conwy) is a county borough in the north of Wales. It borders Gwynedd to the west and south and Denbighshire to the east. The largest settlement is Colwyn Bay, and Conwy is the administrative centre.
Conwy has an area of 435 square miles (1,130 km2) and a population of 114,800, making it sparsely populated. The population is concentrated along the coast, along which are several seaside resorts and the county's largest towns: Colwyn Bay (34,284), Llandudno (20,701), and Conwy (14,753). Inland is much less populous, and the only town is Llanrwst (3,323).
The geography of Conwy is shaped by the River Conwy, which forms a wide valley down the western half of the county, bordered by the Denbigh Moors to the east and the mountains of Snowdonia National Park to the west. The River Elwy, a tributary of the Clwyd, drains the eastern half of the moors. The Conwy forms a wide estuary as it reaches the coast, which has by wide, sandy beaches and the limestone headlands of the Great Orme and the Little Orme. The highest peak within the county is Carnedd Llewelyn, at 1,064 metres (3,491 ft), which is on the boundary with Gwynedd and is the third-highest summit in Wales. Around Betws-y-Coed is the Gwydir Forest, which is mainly given over to plantations. There are several reservoirs in the valleys, the largest of which is Llyn Brenig, which has an area of 3.7 square kilometres (1.4 sq mi) and extends into Denbighshire.
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