Barmouth
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Barmouth (formal , or ; colloquially ) is a seaside town and community in the county of Gwynedd, north-west Wales; it lies on the estuary of the Afon Mawddach and Cardigan Bay. Located in the historic county of Merionethshire, the Welsh form of the name is derived from aber (estuary) and the river's name, Mawddach. The English form of the name is a corruption of the earlier Welsh form Abermawdd. The community includes the villages of Llanaber, Cutiau and Caerdeon.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.welsh_name
- Abermaw
- UK place.static_image_name
- Barmouth from Porth Penrhyn.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Barmouth on the Mawddach estuary
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd
- UK place.official_name
- Barmouth
- UK place.community_wales
- Barmouth
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Gwynedd
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- Gwynedd
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd
- UK place.post_town
- BARMOUTH
- UK place.postcode_district
- LL42
- UK place.postcode_area
- LL
- UK place.dial_code
- 01341
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SH613158
- UK place.population
- 2,522
- UK place.module
- 240pxMap of the community
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Official name
- Y Bermo
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Gwynedd
- Population
- 2437
- Area
- 1600.34
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Official website
- www.barmouth.org.uk
- Image
- Aber y Mawddach o'r Bermo - Mawddach esuary from Bermo (Barmouth), Wales 13.jpg
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- Commons category
- Barmouth
- topic's main category
- Category:Barmouth
- OS grid reference
- SH613158
- postal code
- LL42
- located in protected area
- Eryri National Park
- historic county
- Merionethshire
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- Lanciano
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
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- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Barmouth (formal , or ; colloquially ) is a seaside town and community in the county of Gwynedd, north-west Wales; it lies on the estuary of the Afon Mawddach and Cardigan Bay. Located in the historic county of Merionethshire, the Welsh form of the name is derived from aber (estuary) and the river's name, Mawddach. The English form of the name is a corruption of the earlier Welsh form Abermawdd. The community includes the villages of Llanaber, Cutiau and Caerdeon.
== History ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Barmouth” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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