Aberaeron
Sign in to saveAberaeron (), previously anglicised as Aberayron, is a seaside town and community in Ceredigion, Wales. Located on the coast between Aberystwyth and Cardigan, its resident population was 1,274 in the 2021 census.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Aberaeron
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.static_image_name
- AberaeronHouses.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Houses on the quay
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Ceredigion
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- Dyfed
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Ceredigion Preseli
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Ceredigion
- UK place.post_town
- ABERAERON
- UK place.postcode_district
- SA46
- UK place.postcode_area
- SA
- UK place.dial_code
- 01545
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SN458628
- UK place.population
- 1,422
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Aberaeron (), previously anglicised as Aberayron, is a seaside town and community in Ceredigion, Wales. Located on the coast between Aberystwyth and Cardigan, its resident population was 1,274 in the 2021 census.
The name of the town is Welsh for "mouth of the Aeron". It is derived from the Middle Welsh '''' (slaughter), which gave its name to Aeron, believed by some to have been a Welsh god of war.