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Conwy

Northern Europe

Conwy is a walled market town in North Wales that serves as the administrative center of Conwy County Borough, standing on the west bank of the River Conwy facing Deganwy on the east bank. Its ward population was recorded at 4,065 in the 2011 census, and the town's name derives from Welsh elements meaning chief water.

Facts
Population
14,723 1
Founding Year
1283 2
Population Estimate Year
2011 2
Latitude
53.28 degrees north 2
Longitude
3.83 degrees west 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+00:00 3
Sources
1. Conwy (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox, population
    14,723
  • In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Conwy (Wikidata)
  • P571 (inception)
    +1283-00-00T00:00:00Z
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 53.28, longitude -3.83
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 14723 (2011)
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3. GeoNames: Conwy - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2652426
    53.28077 -3.83039 P PPLA2 GB WLS X8 00NE010 3873 18 Europe/London
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 18 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 53.25, -3.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 53.25, -3.75
53.25 -3.75 Cfb
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Wikidata: Conwy
Wikidata Q634054, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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