Pembroke
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town, community and former county town of Pembrokeshire in West Wales
Key facts
- Population
- 7,552 (2011 census)
- Os grid reference
- SM985015
- Community
- Pembroke
- Principal area
- Pembrokeshire
- Preserved county
- Dyfed
- Country
- Wales
- Sovereign state
- United Kingdom
- Post town
- PEMBROKE
- Postcode district
- SA71
- Dialling code
- 01646
- Police
- Dyfed-Powys
- Fire
- Mid and West Wales
- Ambulance
- Welsh
- Uk parliament
- Mid and South Pembrokeshire
- Senedd cymru welsh parliament
- Ceredigion Penfro
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Encyclopedic overview
Pembroke (/ˈpɛmbrʊk/ PEM-bruuk; Welsh: Penfro [ˈpɛnvrɔ]) is a town and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales, with a population of 7,552. The names of both the town and the county (of which the county town is Haverfordwest) have a common origin; both are derived from the Cantref of Penfro: Pen, 'head' or 'end', and bro, 'region', 'country', 'land', which has been interpreted to mean either 'Land's End' or 'headland'.
Pembroke features a number of historic buildings, town walls, complexes and Pembroke Castle which was the birthplace of Henry Tudor, who became Henry VII of England.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pembroke” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.