Cathays
Sign in to saveCathays ( ; standardised ; sometimes , 'the constant meadow') is a district and community in the centre of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It is an old suburb of Cardiff established in 1875. It is densely populated and contains many Victorian terraced houses. The area falls into the Cathays ward. It is the third most populous community in Cardiff, having a population of 18,002 in 2011.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.static_image_name
- Cathays Library (2010), Cardiff.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Cathays Library, a Carnegie library built in 1906
- UK place.welsh_name
- Y Waun Ddyfal
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Cardiff Central (Senedd constituency)
- UK place.official_name
- Cathays
- UK place.community_wales
- Cathays
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Cardiff
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- South Glamorgan
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Cardiff South and Penarth
- UK place.population
- 20,121
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.post_town
- CARDIFF
- UK place.postcode_district
- CF10
- UK place.postcode_district1
- CF24
- UK place.postcode_area
- CF
- UK place.postcode_area1
- CF
- UK place.dial_code
- 029
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Suburb of Cardiff
- Governance
- Buildings and structures in Cathays
- Today
- Transport
- References
- External links
Cathays ( ; standardised ; sometimes , 'the constant meadow') is a district and community in the centre of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It is an old suburb of Cardiff established in 1875. It is densely populated and contains many Victorian terraced houses. The area falls into the Cathays ward. It is the third most populous community in Cardiff, having a population of 18,002 in 2011.
==Etymology== The area that is now Cathays was formerly known in Welsh as and in English as Little Heath (to distinguish it from Great Heath).