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Gaerwen
Sign in to saveGaerwen () is a village on the island of Anglesey in the community of Llanfihangel Ysgeifiog in Wales. It is located in the south of the island west of Llanfairpwllgwyngyll and southeast of Llangefni . The A5 runs through the village, and the A55 runs just a few hundred metres north. According to the 2011 Census Gaerwen is now listed by the Office for National Statistics as Llanfihangel Ysgeifiog. The population of the community is 1,551. Gaerwen, Pentre Berw and Llangaffo form a small built up area.
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- Locality
- Gaerwen
- Region
- Cymru / Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,551
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.label_position
- bottom
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.official_name
- Gaerwen
- UK place.community_wales
- Llanfihangel Ysgeifiog
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Anglesey
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- Anglesey
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Ynys Môn
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Ynys Môn
- UK place.post_town
- GAERWEN
- UK place.postcode_district
- LL60
- UK place.postcode_area
- LL
- UK place.dial_code
- 01248
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SH4675
- UK place.static_image
- Gaerwenwindmill.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- One of Gaerwen's windmills
- UK place.population
- 1551
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Gaerwen Hoard
- Attractions
- Governance
- Rail lines
- References
Gaerwen () is a village on the island of Anglesey in the community of Llanfihangel Ysgeifiog in Wales. It is located in the south of the island west of Llanfairpwllgwyngyll and southeast of Llangefni . The A5 runs through the village, and the A55 runs just a few hundred metres north. According to the 2011 Census Gaerwen is now listed by the Office for National Statistics as Llanfihangel Ysgeifiog. The population of the community is 1,551. Gaerwen, Pentre Berw and Llangaffo form a small built up area.
The village gets its name from a combination of the Welsh words Caer (mutated to Gaer), meaning 'fortification', and Wen, meaning 'white'. There are no clear remains of a fort in the area, although the name was originally that of a farm in the area, before becoming the name for the entire settlement.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gaerwen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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