Caernarfon
Caernarfon is a Royal town in Gwynedd, North-West Wales. Caernarfon is famous for its breathtaking castle and as a stronghold of the Welsh language. The castle and fortified complex is recognised on the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of the finest examples of late 13th-century and early 14th-century military architecture in Europe.
- Town with about 9,620 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 110 feet (30 metres)
- Description: town in Gwynedd, Wales
- Also known as“Caernarvon”“Carnarvon”
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 Bontnewydd and Caeathro.
Caernarfon
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Latitude
53.1394° or 53° 8′ 22″ north
Longitude
-4.277° or 4° 16′ 37″ west
UN/LOCODE
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Open location code
9C5Q4PQF+Q6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Caernarfon” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كارنارفون”
- Asturian: “Caernarfon”
- Basque: “Caernarfon”
- Belarusian: “Карнарван”
- Bengali: “কার্নারফর্ন”
- Breton: “Caernarfon”
- Bulgarian: “Карнарвън”
- Catalan: “Caernarfon”
- Cebuano: “Caernarfon”
- Chinese: “加拿分”
- Chinese: “卡尔纳冯”
- Chinese: “卡爾納馮”
- Chinese: “卡納芬”
- Cornish: “Karnarvon”
- Czech: “Caernarfon”
- Danish: “Caernarfon”
- Dutch: “Caernarfon”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كارنارفون”
- Esperanto: “Caernarfon”
- Finnish: “Caernarfon”
- French: “Caernarfon”
- German: “Caernarfon”
- Greek: “Κερνάρφον”
- Gujarati: “કેર્નારફન”
- Hebrew: “קרנארבון”
- Hebrew: “קרנארפון”
- Hungarian: “Caernarfon”
- Indonesian: “Caernarfon”
- Irish: “Caernarfon”
- Italian: “Caernarfon”
- Japanese: “カーナーヴォン”
- Jèrriais: “Caernarfon”
- Kannada: “ಕೇರ್ನರ್ಫೊನ್”
- Korean: “카나번”
- Latin: “Armone”
- Latin: “Caërnarvon”
- Latin: “Carnarvon”
- Latin: “Carnarvonia”
- Latvian: “Kairnarvona”
- Lithuanian: “Kernarvonas”
- Livvi: “Caernarfon”
- Manx: “Caernarfon”
- Northern Frisian: “Caernarfon”
- Northern Sami: “Caernarfon”
- Norwegian: “Caernarfon”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Carnarfon”
- Persian: “کارنارون”
- Persian: “کرناروون”
- Polish: “Caernarfon”
- Portuguese: “Caernarfon”
- Romanian: “Caernarfon”
- Russian: “Карнарвон”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Caernarfon”
- Slovenian: “Caernarfon”
- Slovenian: “Caernavon”
- South Azerbaijani: “کرناروون”
- Spanish: “Caernarfon”
- Swedish: “Caernarfon”
- Tamil: “கேஎர்னர்ப்பின்”
- Telugu: “కర్నార్ఫోన్”
- Thai: “คายร์นาร์วอน”
- Ukrainian: “Карнарвон”
- Urdu: “کارناروین”
- Welsh: “Caernarfon”
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