Deiniolen (Wales)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Deiniolen (Wales)
Other forms of name
Deiniolen (Caernarvonshire)
nnaa Deiniolen, Wales
Associated country
Great Britain
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 145411471
Wikidata: Q2173658
Library of congress: n 80035081
Sources of Information
  • Ordnance Survey WWW site, 14 June 2007:1:50,000 scale (Deiniolen, Gwynedd (Village); SH 575 635)
  • Owen, G. Cofio Deiniolen, 1978 (subj.)t.p. (Deiniolen)
  • Bartholomew, 1977(Deiniolen, Gwynedd, vil 2m N of Llanberis)
  • Bartholomew, 1943(Deiniolen, vil. in Carnarvon)

Wikipedia description:

Deiniolen (; Welsh: [dɛinɪˈɔlɛn]; ) is a village in Gwynedd, Wales, at the foot of Elidir Fawr, in Llanddeiniolen Community. Deiniolen has views over Caernarfon (7 miles (11 km) away) and on a clear day, Holyhead Mountain and occasionally the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland, can be seen. The population of the electoral ward was 1,909 as of 2011, including nearby Dinorwig, with 81.2% of the population speaking Welsh. The community, Llanddeiniolen, has a population of 5,072 as of the 2011 census, the third-largest in Gwynedd. Ysgol Gynradd Gwaun Gynfi provides Welsh-medium education for children between 3 and 11 years in the village. The slate industry was an important employer in Deiniolen until the closure of Dinorwig Quarry in 1969.

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