Conwy County Borough

Conwy County Borough

*Bwrdeistref Sirol Conwy*
Conwy County Borough Bwrdeistref Sirol Conwy
Unitary authority area
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	Wales
Preserved county	Clwyd
Established	1 April 1996
Admin HQ	Conwy
Largest town	Colwyn Bay
Government
• Type	Conwy County Borough Council; http://www.conwy.gov.uk/
• Control	TBA (council NOC)
• MPs	Robin Millar, C; David Jones, C;
• MSs	Darren Millar, C; Janet Finch-Saunders, C; (Constituency); North Wales; (Regional);
Area
• Total	1,130 km2 (440 sq mi)
Area rank	Ranked 6th
Population (2017)
• Total	117,203
• Rank	Ranked 15th
• Density	104/km2 (270/sq mi)
• Density rank	Ranked 16th
• Ethnicity	98.2% White
Welsh language
• Rank	Ranked 5th
• Any skills	39.7%
Geocode	00NE (ONS); W06000003 (GSS)
ISO 3166 code	GB-CWY

Conwy County Borough (Welsh: Bwrdeistref Sirol Conwy) is a unitary authority area in North Wales.

Geography[]

Containing the major settlements of Llandudno, Llandudno Junction, Llanrwst, Betws-y-Coed, Conwy, Colwyn Bay, Abergele, Penmaenmawr and Llanfairfechan, it borders the counties of Gwynedd and Denbighshire.

The River Conwy, after which the county borough is named, lies wholly within the area: rising in Snowdonia and flowing through Llanrwst and Trefriw en route to the Irish Sea by Conwy. The river here marks the border between the historic counties of Caernarfonshire and Denbighshire.

One third of the land area of the county borough lies in the Snowdonia national park, and the council appoint three of the 18 members of the Snowdonia National Park Authority. Its total area is 1,130 square km, making it slightly larger than Hong Kong. The eastern part includes the larger section of Mynydd Hiraethog.

The vast majority of the population live on the coast; the only settlement of any size inland is Llanrwst.

Welsh language[]

According to the 2001 Census 39.7% of the population of the county borough have "one or more skills" in the Welsh language, which ranks it 5th out of 22 principal areas in Wales.^[1]

The amount of Welsh spoken in the county borough greatly varies from location to location, with generally the least being spoken on the coastal fringe.

Examples of the percentage speaking Welsh by electoral ward :^[2]

19.7%
Colwyn 22.6%
Conwy 33%
Trefriw 50%
Eglwysbach 63%
(Upper Conwy) 66.8%
Llangernyw 69.3%
Cerrigydrudion 76%

Government[]

The county borough was formed on 1 April 1996 by merging the districts of Aberconwy and Colwyn when it was originally named Aberconwy and Colwyn. However, its council renamed the district a day later, on 2 April 1996 to Conwy.

Politics[]

Conwy is represented in the UK Parliament by Robin Millar (Con) and David Jones (Con), though David Jones' Clwyd West constituency also covers part of southern Denbighshire. In the Senedd, it is represented by Janet Finch-Saunders (Con) and Darren Millar (Con).

Coat of arms[]

Arms of Nefydd Hardd, Chirk Castle

Conwy County Borough Council was granted a coat of arms by the College of Arms in 2001.^[3] The new arms recall those of both Aberconwy and Colwyn Borough Councils. The main part of the shield depicts blue and silver waves for the river from which the county borough takes its name, and also recalls the gold and blue wavy field of Colwyn's arms. On top of the waves is placed a symbolic red tower, representing Conwy Castle. The chief or upper third of the shield is coloured green, the main colour in Aberconwy's arms. In the centre of the chief is a severed head from the heraldry of Marchudd ap Cynan, Lord of Abergele and Rhos. On either side are two black spears embrued, or having drops of blood on their points. These come from the reputed arms of Nefydd Hardd, associated with the area. In front of each spear is a golden garb or wheatsheaf, for the rural areas of the county borough.

Above the shield, placed on the steel helm usual to British civic arms, is the crest. This takes the form of the Welsh red dragon supporting a Bible, rising from a wreath of oak leaves and acorns. The representation of the Bible is to commemorate the fact that the first Welsh language translation of the book originated in the area, while the oak circlet recalls that an oak tree formed the main charge in the arms of Colwyn Borough Council, and its predecessor the municipal borough of Colwyn Bay.

The motto adopted is "Tegwch i Bawb", meaning "Fairness to All".

References[]

^ "2011 Census - ONS".
^ http://www.conwy.gov.uk/doc.asp?cat=2027&doc=1205^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Letters Patent dated 27 August 2001

External links[]

Conwy County Borough at Curlie

Coordinates: 53°08′26″N 3°46′14″W / 53.14056°N 3.77056°W / 53.14056; -3.77056

[1] "2011 Census - ONS".

[2] ttp://www.conwy.gov.uk/doc.asp?cat=2027&doc=1205^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] Letters Patent dated 27 August 2001

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show v t Conwy County Borough
Principal settlements	Abergele Colwyn Bay Conwy Deganwy Kinmel Bay Llandudno Llandudno Junction Llanfairfechan Llanrwst Old Colwyn Penmaenmawr Penrhyn Bay
Other towns and villages	Betws yn Rhos Betws-y-Coed Bylchau Caerhun Capel Curig Capel Garmon Cerrigydrudion Craig-y-Don Dinmael Dolgarrog Dolwyddelan Dwygyfylchi Eglwysbach Glan Conwy Henryd Llanbedr-y-Cennin Llanddoged Llanddulas Llanfair Talhaiarn Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr Llangernyw Llangwm Llannefydd Llanrhychwyn Llansannan Llysfaen Maenan Melin-y-Coed Mochdre Pandy Tudur Penmachno Pentrefoelas Rhos-on-Sea Rowen Tal-y-bont Tal-y-Cafn Trefriw Towyn Ysbyty Ifan
Communities	Abergele Betws-y-Coed Betws yn Rhos Bro Garmon Bro Machno Caerhun Capel Curig Cerrigydrudion Colwyn Bay Conwy Dolgarrog Dolwyddelan Eglwysbach Henryd Kinmel Bay and Towyn Llanddoged and Maenan Llanddulas and Rhyd-y-foel Llandudno Llanfair Talhaiarn Llanfairfechan Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr Llangernyw Llangwm Llannefydd Llanrwst Llansanffraid Glan Conwy Llansannan Llysfaen Mochdre Old Colwyn Penmaenmawr Pentrefoelas Rhos-on-Sea Trefriw Ysbyty Ifan
Rivers	River Conwy Afon Crafnant Afon Ddu Afon Ddu (Drum) Afon Dulyn Afon Eigiau River Geirionydd Afon Lledr Afon Lloer River Llugwy River Machno Afon Melynllyn Afon Porth-llwyd Afon Roe Afon Tafolog
Castles and forts	Canovium Conwy Castle Deganwy Castle Dolwyddelan Castle Gwrych Castle Gwydir Castle Pen y Gaer
Headlands	Great Orme Little Orme Penmaenmawr
Topics	Parliamentary constituencies Churches Places Schools Country houses SSSIs Scheduled Monuments Grade I listed buildings Grade II* listed buildings Lord Lieutenants High Sheriffs Museums Public art

show v t Principal areas of Wales
Areas	Blaenau Gwent Bridgend Caerphilly Cardiff Carmarthenshire Ceredigion Conwy Denbighshire Flintshire Gwynedd Isle of Anglesey Merthyr Tydfil Monmouthshire Neath Port Talbot Newport Pembrokeshire Powys Rhondda Cynon Taf Swansea Torfaen Vale of Glamorgan Wrexham
Lists	Date / population / area Welsh speakers