Caernarfonshire
Caernarfonshire, previously spelled Caernarvonshire or Carnarvonshire, was one of the thirteen counties of Wales that existed from 1536 until their abolition in 1974. It was located in the north-west of Wales.- Locality with about 137,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 110 feet (40 metres)
- Description: historic county of Wales
- Also known as“Arfon”“Caernarvon”“Caernarvonshire”“Carnarvon”“Carnarvonshire”“County of Caernarfon”“Sir Gaernarfon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Caernarfon Castle and Segontium Roman Fort.
Caernarfon Castle
Caernarfon Castle is a medieval fortress in Gwynedd, north-west Wales.
Segontium Roman Fort
Archaeological site
Rhion, Public domain.
Segontium is a Roman fort on the outskirts of Caernarfon in Gwynedd, North Wales.
Caernarfon Town Walls
Caernarfon's town walls are a medieval defensive…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Caernarfon and Brynsiencyn.
Caernarfonshire
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Latitude
53.1403° or 53° 8′ 25″ north
Longitude
-4.2615° or 4° 15′ 41″ west
Open location code
9C5Q4PRQ+4C
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Caernarfonshire” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Sir Gaernarfon”
- Belarusian: “Графства Карнарваншыр”
- Belarusian: “Карнарваншыр”
- Breton: “Sir Gaernarfon”
- Bulgarian: “Карнарвъншър”
- Catalan: “Sir Gaernarfon”
- Cebuano: “Caernarfonshire”
- Chinese: “卡那封郡”
- Danish: “Caernarfonshire”
- Dutch: “Caernarfonshire”
- Finnish: “Caernarfonshire”
- French: “Caernarfonshire”
- French: “Caernarvonshire”
- Galician: “Caernarfonshire”
- Galician: “Sir Gaernarfon”
- German: “Caernarfonshire”
- Greek: “Κερνάρφονσαϊρ”
- Hebrew: “קרנארבונשייר”
- Hebrew: “קרנארפונשייר”
- Indonesian: “Caernarfonshire”
- Indonesian: “Sir Gaernarfon”
- Irish: “Sir Gaernarfon”
- Italian: “Caernarfonshire”
- Japanese: “カーナーヴォンシャー”
- Japanese: “カーナヴォンシャー”
- Japanese: “ケルナーフォンシャー”
- Kurdish: “Caernarfonshire”
- Latin: “Arvonica”
- Latin: “Arvoniensis comitatus”
- Northern Frisian: “Caernarfonshire”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Caernarfonshire”
- Norwegian: “Caernarfonshire”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Cærnarfonsċīr”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Carnarfonscīr”
- Polish: “Caernarfonshire”
- Russian: “Карнарвоншир”
- Scots: “Sir Gaernarfon”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Caernarfonshire”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Sir Gaernarfon”
- Slovenian: “Caernarfonshire”
- Spanish: “Caernarfonshire”
- Swedish: “Caernarfonshire”
- Urdu: “کیرنارفون شائر”
- Venetian: “Caernarfonshire”
- Welsh: “Caernarfon”
- Welsh: “Sir Gaernarfon”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Caeathro and Pont-rug.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Caernarfon Town FC and Celtic Royal Hotel.
Gwynedd: Highlights
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