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Bangor

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Also known as Bangor, Gwynedd

city in Gwynedd, Wales

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Bangor is a city and community located in Gwynedd, Wales, within the United Kingdom. It serves as the capital of the District of Arfon and lies in the historic county of Caernarfonshire. The area covers 648.57 square units and has an elevation of approximately 23 to 26 meters.

The city’s population is recorded as 16,358 in one dataset and 18,322 in another. It operates in the Greenwich Mean Time zone and uses the LL57 postal code and 01248 local dialing code. Bangor is twinned with Soest.

Synthesized by Vinony from 53 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Meteo, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Place details

Locality
Bangor
Region
Cymru / Wales
Country
United Kingdom
Population
18,322
Timezone
Europe/London

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Air quality

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PM2.5
2.8 µg/m³
PM10
5.1 µg/m³
As of 2026-08-11 01:00 · Open-Meteo

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Encyclopedic overview

Bangor (/ˈbæŋɡɔːr/, /-ɡər/; Welsh: [ˈbaŋɡɔr] ) is a cathedral city and community in Gwynedd, Wales. Historically part of Caernarfonshire, the community had a population of 15,060 at the 2021 census, and the built-up area had a population of 16,990. Landmarks include Bangor Cathedral, Bangor University and Garth Pier. The Britannia and Menai Suspension bridges connect the city to the Isle of Anglesey.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bangor” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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