Conwy (county borough)
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Conwy County Borough Bwrdeistref Sirol Conwy |
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| unitary authority area | |
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| Admin HQ | Conwy |
| Largest town | Colwyn Bay |
| Government | |
| • Type | Conwy County Borough Council http://www.conwy.gov.uk/ |
| • Control | TBA (council NOC) |
| • MPs | |
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| • MEPs | Wales |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,130 km2 (440 sq mi) |
| Area rank | Ranked 6th |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 116,200 |
| • Rank | Ranked 15th |
| • Density | 103/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 the north of Wales.
It contains the major settlements of Llandudno, Llandudno Junction, Llanrwst, Betws-y-Coed, Conwy, Colwyn Bay, Abergele, Penmaenmawr and Llanfairfechan, and has a total population of 115,000, the vast majority of which lives along the coast.
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.
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.
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