North Wales
Gwynedd
Caernarfonshire

Caernarfon

Caernarfon is a Royal town in , North-West . 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.
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  • Type: Town with 9,730 residents
  • Description: town in Gwynedd, Wales
  • Also known as: “Caernarvon” and “Carnarvon”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Caernarfon Castle and Segontium.

is a medieval fortress in , north-west . The first fortification on the site was a built in the late 11th century, which King Edward I of England began to replace with the current stone structure in 1283.

Archaeological site
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is a Roman fort on the outskirts of Caernarfon in , .

Stadium
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is a multi-use in Caernarfon, . It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Caernarfon Town F.C. The stadium holds 3,000 people, with 600 seats.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bontnewydd and Caeathro.

Village
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is a small village and community with a population of 1,162 located on the A487 road 1+2⁄3 miles south of Caernarfon in , Wales, close to the river Gwyrfai, 2 miles from its outflow into Foryd Bay.

Village
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is a village situated on the A4085 road between Caernarfon and in , northwest . It is approximately 2 km from Caernarfon and 1.5 km from Waunfawr, and is part of the community of Waunfawr.

Village
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is a village on the island of , in north-west , in the community of . Population 2011 census was 603. The first prototype Land Rover off-road vehicle was built and tested around and in 1947. is situated 2½ miles northwest of Caernarfon.

Caernarfon

Latitude
53.1394° or 53° 8′ 22″ north
Longitude
-4.277° or 4° 16′ 37″ west
Population
9,730
Elevation
108 feet (33 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB CNV
Open location code
9C5Q4PQF+Q6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29422113
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2654092
Wiki­data ID
Q428829
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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”
  • Galician: “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”
  • Kannada: “ಕೇರ್ನರ್ಫೊನ್”
  • Korean: “카나번”
  • Latin: “Armone”
  • Latin: “Caernarvon”
  • Latin: “Caërnarvon”
  • Latin: “Carnarvon”
  • Latin: “Carnarvonia”
  • Latvian: “Kairnarvona”
  • Lithuanian: “Kernarvonas”
  • Livvi: “Caernarfon”
  • Manx: “Caernarfon”
  • Narom: “Caernarfon”
  • Northern Frisian: “Caernarfon”
  • Northern Sami: “Caernarfon”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Caernarfon”
  • Norwegian: “Caernarfon”
  • Persian: “کرناروون”
  • Polish: “Caernarfon”
  • Portuguese: “Caernarfon”
  • Romanian: “Caernarfon”
  • Russian: “Карнарвон”
  • Scots: “Caernarfon”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Caernarfon”
  • Slovenian: “Caernarfon”
  • Slovenian: “Caernavon”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کرناروون”
  • Spanish: “Caernarfon”
  • Swedish: “Caernarfon”
  • Tamil: “கேஎர்னர்ப்பின்”
  • Telugu: “కర్నార్ఫోన్”
  • Thai: “คายร์นาร์วอน”
  • Ukrainian: “Карнарвон”
  • Urdu: “کارناروین”
  • Vietnamese: “Caernarfon”
  • Welsh: “Caernarfon”
  • “Caernarfon”

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