Conwy (disambiguation)

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Conwy is a walled town and community in north Wales.

Conwy (Welsh pronunciation: ['kɔnwɨ̞], Welsh pronunciation: ['kɔnwi], traditionally known in English as Conway, is a walled market town and community in Conwy County Borough on the north coast of Wales. The town, which faces Deganwy across the River Conwy, formerly lay in Gwynedd and prior to that in Caernarfonshire. The community, which includes Deganwy and Llandudno Junction, had a population of 14,208 at the 2001 census, and is a popular tourist destination. The population rose to 14,753 at the 2011 census. In the 2015 census "The size of the resident population in Conwy County Borough on the 30th June 2015 was estimated to be 116,200 people." The town itself has a population of 4,065.

Conwy may also refer to these proximate things:

Conwy (electoral ward), a county division coterminous with the town
Conwy County Borough, a principal local government area (from 1996)
the River Conwy (Afon Conwy)
Conwy County Borough Council, a local authority
Conwy Borough F.C. (formerly Conwy United), a part-time football club
Conwy railway station, a train request stop

Conwy is the name of one of the electoral wards in the town and community of Conwy, Conwy County Borough, Wales. The ward covers the community to the west of the River Conwy and is one of four county wards included within the boundaries of the community. The wards of Deganwy, Marl and Pensarn lie east of the river.

Conwy County Borough is a unitary authority area in North Wales.

The River Conwy is a river in north Wales. From its source to its discharge in Conwy Bay it is a little over 27 miles (43 km) long. "Conwy" was formerly Anglicised as "Conway."

Defunct administrative areas:

Conwy (UK Parliament constituency) (1950–2010)
Conwy (National Assembly for Wales constituency) (1999–2007)
Conwy (municipal borough) (1885–1974)

Conwy (UK Parliament constituency) Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950-2010

Conwy was an electoral constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) by the single-member district plurality system of voting.

Conwy (National Assembly for Wales constituency) constituency of the National Assembly for Wales

Conwy was a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales from 1999 to 2007. It elected one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. It was also one of nine constituencies in the North Wales electoral region, which elected four additional members, in addition to nine constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

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Llanrwst is a small market town and community on the A470 road and the River Conwy, in Conwy County Borough, Wales. It developed around the wool trade, but also became known for harp and clock making. Today, about ³⁄₄ mi (1.2 km) 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 a stone coffin of Llywelyn the Great. The 2011 census gave the town a population of 3,323.

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Llandrillo yn Rhos is the name of an electoral ward in Conwy County Borough, Wales. Its boundaries are coterminous with those of the community of Rhos-on-Sea, on the North Wales coast, with the Mochdre and Rhiw wards to the south, Penrhyn ward to the west and Liverpool Bay to the northeast.

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Betws-y-Coed is the name of an electoral ward in the southwest of Conwy County Borough, Wales. It covers its namesake community of Betws-y-Coed, as well as the neighbouring communities of Dolwyddelan and Capel Curig.

Uwch Conwy is the name of an electoral ward in the southern central part of Conwy County Borough, Wales. It covers three communities, of Bro Garmon, Bro Machno and Ysbyty Ifan.

Marl is the name of one of the electoral wards in the community of Conwy, Conwy County Borough, Wales. It elects representatives to Conwy County Borough Council and Conwy Town Council. The Marl ward covers part of the town of Llandudno Junction to the east of the River Conwy and is one of four county wards included within the boundaries of the community. The wards of Deganwy and Pensarn border Marl, also to the east of the river. Conwy ward lies on the opposite side of the river, including the walled town of Conwy. To the north of Marl is the Llandudno ward of Penrhyn.

Gele is the name of one of the electoral wards in the town and community of Abergele, Conwy County Borough, Wales. It covers the southern part of the town and a more rural area to the southeast including the settlement of St George. It takes its name from the River Gele which runs through the western part of the ward.

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