Llanfairfechan
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.static_image_name
- Llanfairfechan1.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- A view over Llanfairfechan
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Aberconwy
- UK place.official_name
- Llanfairfechan
- UK place.community_wales
- Llanfairfechan
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Conwy
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- Clwyd
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Bangor Aberconwy
- UK place.post_town
- LLANFAIRFECHAN
- UK place.postcode_district
- LL33
- UK place.postcode_area
- LL
- UK place.dial_code
- 01248
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SH683747
- UK place.population
- 3,637
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.module
- 240pxMap of the community
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Article
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Governance
- Administrative history
- Transport connections
- Notable sites
- Welsh language
- Town twinning
- Climate
- Gallery
- References
- External links
) is a town and community in the Conwy County Borough, Wales. It is known as a seaside resort and had a population at the 2001 Census of 3,755, reducing to 3,637 at the 2011 Census. The history of the area dates back to at least Roman times, as demonstrated by the discovery of a large second century milestone, which is now preserved in the British Museum.
==History== There are a number of prehistoric sites on the hills above the village. The most important of these today is the old hillfort of Dinas; but the large defensive fortress of Braich-y-Dinas, at the summit of Penmaenmawr, was among the largest in Britain and Ireland until it was finally destroyed by quarrying at the start of the 20th century.