Gronant
Sign in to saveGronant is a village in Flintshire, Wales, about 2 miles east of Prestatyn. The population, as measured by the 2001 census, is 1,595, living in 697 households. The average age of the populace is 41.4 years, slightly higher than the national average. Following reorganisation all the population is now listed under the community of Llanasa; the electoral ward remains, its population at the 2011 census being 1,527.
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Place details
- Locality
- Lower Gronant
- Region
- Cymru / Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,258
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Gronant
- UK place.population
- 1,527
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Flintshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- Clwyd
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Delyn
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Clwyd East
- UK place.post_town
- PRESTATYN
- UK place.postcode_district
- LL19
- UK place.postcode_area
- LL
- UK place.dial_code
- 01745
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SJ091833
- UK place.static_image
- Gronant - geograph.org.uk - 36948.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The Gronant Inn public house
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Official name
- Gronant
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Llanasa
- Population
- 1527
- Image
- Gronant - geograph.org.uk - 36948.jpg
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- Commons category
- Gronant
- OS grid reference
- SJ091833
- historic county
- Flintshire
- P8168
- Charleston
- P12749
- Sumo World Championships
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Gronant is a village in Flintshire, Wales, about 2 miles east of Prestatyn. The population, as measured by the 2001 census, is 1,595, living in 697 households. The average age of the populace is 41.4 years, slightly higher than the national average. Following reorganisation all the population is now listed under the community of Llanasa; the electoral ward remains, its population at the 2011 census being 1,527.
Gronant's most famous resident was probably Elis Gruffydd (c. 1490-c. 1552), a noted Welsh chronicler of the early modern period. A soldier who served in the English garrison at Calais, Gruffudd's chronicle is held at the National Library of Wales.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gronant” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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