Llanelltyd

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Llanelltyd
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Pont Wnin and the centre of the village
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Llanelltyd
Location within Gwynedd
Area43.09 km2 (16.64 sq mi)
Population514 (2011)
  Density 12/km2 (31/sq mi)
OS grid reference SH714194
Community
  • Llanelltyd
Principal area
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town DOLGELLAU
Postcode district LL40
Dialling code 01341
Police North Wales
Fire North Wales
Ambulance Welsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
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Wales
Gwynedd
52°45′25″N3°54′18″W / 52.757°N 3.905°W / 52.757; -3.905

Llanelltyd is a small village and community in Gwynedd, to the northwest of Dolgellau. The community population taken at the 2011 Census was 514, 57.4% of which speak Welsh. [1]

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It is home to the 12th-century Cymer Abbey, a grade I listed building. [2] St Illtyd's church, one of the oldest parish churches in Wales, is a grade II* listed building. [3]

The small settlement of Bontddu is in the community. The village itself has a population of around 300. [4]

Notable people born in Llanelltyd

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References

  1. "Community population 2011" . Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  2. "Cymer Abbey, a 470 (N Side), Cymer Abbey, Llanelltyd". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  3. "Parish Church of St Illtyd including churchyard walls and gatepiers, Llanelltyd". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  4. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Llanelltyd population (W00000289)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 9 July 2021.

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