Gwynedd | |
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local govrenment aurie | |
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Admin HQ | Caernarfon |
Lairgest ceety | Bangor |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | The Airms o the umwhile Gwynedd County Council 1974–1996 http://www.gwynedd.gov.uk/ |
• Control | TBA (council NOC) |
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Area | |
• Total | 2,548 km2 (984 sq mi) |
Area rank | Ranked 2nt |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 117,400 |
• Rank | Ranked 14th |
• Density | 46/km2 (120/sq mi) |
• Density rank | Ranked 20t |
• Ethnicity | 99.0% White |
Welsh leid | |
• Rank | Ranked 1st |
• Ony skills | 76.1% |
Geocode | 00NC (ONS) W06000002 (GSS) |
ISO 3166 code | GB-GWN |
Gwynedd (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈɡwɪnɛð]) is a coonty in north-wast Wales, named efter the auld Kinrick o Gwynedd. Although ane o the biggest in terms o geographical aurie, it is an aa ane o the maist sparsely populatit. A muckle proportion o the population is Welsh-speakin.
Gwynedd is the hame o Bangor University an includes the scenic Llŷn Peninsula, an maist o the Snowdonia National Park.
The name "Gwynedd" is an aa uised for a preserved coonty, coverin the Isle o Anglesey as well as the current coonty. Culturally an historically, the name can an aa be uised for maist o north Wales, correspondin tae the approximate territory o the Kinrick o Gwynedd at its fullest extent: Gwynedd Uwch Conwy an Gwynedd Is Conwy).
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