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Llanrwst
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) is a market town and community in Conwy County Borough, Wales. It is on the east bank of the River Conwy and the A470 road, and lies within the historic county boundaries of Denbighshire. It developed around the wool trade and became known also for the making of harps and clocks. Today, less than from the edge of Snowdonia, its main industry is tourism. Notable buildings include almshouses, two 17th-century chapels, and the Parish Church of St Grwst, which holds the stone coffin of Llywelyn the Great. At the 2021 census, the community had a population of 3,128.

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UK place.country
Wales
UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
Aberconwy
UK place.official_name
Llanrwst
UK place.community_wales
Llanrwst
UK place.unitary_wales
Conwy
UK place.lieutenancy_wales
Clwyd
UK place.constituency_westminster
Bangor Aberconwy
UK place.post_town
LLANRWST
UK place.postcode_district
LL26
UK place.postcode_area
LL
UK place.dial_code
01492
UK place.os_grid_reference
SH800615
UK place.population
3,128
UK place.population_ref
(Community, 2021)
UK place.area_total_km2
5.24
UK place.static_image_name
Pont Fawr, Llanrwst, Aug 2008.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
Pont Fawr and Tu Hwnt i'r Bont
UK place.module
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Official name
Llanrwst
Population
3128
Area
5.24
Official website
www.llanrwst.net
Image
Llanrwst - geograph.org.uk - 2429991.jpg
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Commons category
Llanrwst
OS grid reference
SH800615
postal code
LL26
P12749
Aragonese
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) is a market town and community in Conwy County Borough, Wales. It is on the east bank of the River Conwy and the A470 road, and lies within the historic county boundaries of Denbighshire. It developed around the wool trade and became known also for the making of harps and clocks. Today, less than from the edge of Snowdonia, its main industry is tourism. Notable buildings include almshouses, two 17th-century chapels, and the Parish Church of St Grwst, which holds the stone coffin of Llywelyn the Great. At the 2021 census, the community had a population of 3,128.

==History== Llanrwst takes its name from Saint Grwst, a 6th-century saint. The first church dedicated to him at Llanrwst was on a site now occupied by Seion Methodist Chapel, between Station Road and Cae Llan. A second church of St Grwst was built on a new site a short distance south of its predecessor, on the banks of the Conwy. The site was donated for the purpose in about 1170 by Rhun ap Nefydd Hardd, a member of the royal family of Gwynedd. The second church was replaced by the current building on the same site in the late 15th century.

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