Rhoose
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Rhoose ( ; , from ) is a village and community near the sea (the Bristol Channel) in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, near Barry. The wider community includes villages and settlements such as Font-y-Gary, Penmark, East Aberthaw and Porthkerry. The population of the community in 2011 was 6,160.
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Place details
- Locality
- Rhoose
- Region
- Cymru / Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 6,160
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.welsh_name
- Y Rhws
- UK place.official_name
- Rhoose
- UK place.population
- 6,160
- UK place.static_image_name
- View over part of Rhoose Point Facing SE - March 28 2009.JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
- View over part of Rhoose Point facing southeast
- UK place.community_wales
- Rhoose
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Vale of Glamorgan
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- South Glamorgan
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Vale of Glamorgan
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Vale of Glamorgan
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- ST060666
- UK place.post_town
- BARRY
- UK place.postcode_district
- CF62
- UK place.postcode_area
- CF
- UK place.dial_code
- 01446
- UK place.module
- 240pxMap of the community
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Official name
- Rhoose
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- The Vale of Glamorgan
- Population
- 4875
- Area
- 1717.42
- Image
- View over part of Rhoose Point Facing SE - March 28 2009.JPG
- Dialing code
- 01446
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- Commons category
- Rhoose
- OS grid reference
- ST060666
- postal code
- CF62
- historic county
- Glamorgan
- P12749
- Real Betis Balompié
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Description
- Politics and administration
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Rhoose ( ; , from ) is a village and community near the sea (the Bristol Channel) in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, near Barry. The wider community includes villages and settlements such as Font-y-Gary, Penmark, East Aberthaw and Porthkerry. The population of the community in 2011 was 6,160.
==Description== The village is the location of Cardiff Airport, formerly RAF Rhoose. Commercial flights began in the 1950s and control passed to Glamorgan County Council in 1965, after which date the airport expanded.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rhoose” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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