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Ceredigion

Cardigan

Cardigan is a coastal town in western . Over half the population of 4200 speak Welsh as a first language.
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  • Type: Town with 4,180 residents
  • Description: town and community in Ceredigion, Wales
  • Also known as: “Aberteifi”, “Aberteifi / Cardigan”, “Cardigan, Ceredigion”, and “Cardigan, Wales”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cardigan Castle and Cardigan Guildhall.

Castle
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is a castle overlooking the in Cardigan, , . It is a Grade I listed building. The castle dates from the late 11th-century, though was rebuilt in 1244. was built inside the castle walls in the early 1800s.

Marketplace
, is a municipal building in Pendre, Cardigan, Ceredigion, . The structure, which is now used as an art gallery and community events venue, is a Grade II* listed building.

Museum
Photo: Alex Liivet, CC0.
is a Grade II* listed house located in the grounds of , Cardigan, , . It was restored in the 2000s and now acts as a museum, events centre and residential accommodation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cilgerran and St Dogmaels.

Village
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is both a village, a parish, and also a community, situated on the south bank of the in , . It was formerly an incorporated market town. is situated 2½ miles southeast of Cardigan.

Village
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is a village, parish and community in , Wales, on the estuary of the , a mile downstream from the town of Cardigan in neighbouring .

Hamlet
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is a small village and community in , Wales, about 2 to 3 miles from Cardigan. is situated 2 miles north of Cardigan.

Cardigan

Latitude
52.084° or 52° 5′ 2″ north
Longitude
-4.6604° or 4° 39′ 38″ west
Population
4,180
Elevation
33 feet (10 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB CAR
Open location code
9C4Q38MQ+HR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 21395759
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2653818
Wiki­data ID
Q779813
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Cardigan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كارديغان”
  • Asturian: “Cardigan”
  • Basque: “Cardigan”
  • Bengali: “কার্ডিগ্যান”
  • Breton: “Aberteifi”
  • Bulgarian: “Кардиган”
  • Catalan: “Aberteifi”
  • Cebuano: “Cardigan”
  • Chinese: “卡尔迪根”
  • Chinese: “卡迪根”
  • Cornish: “Aberteifi”
  • Danish: “Cardigan”
  • Dutch: “Cardigan”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كارديجان”
  • Estonian: “Cardigan”
  • Finnish: “Aberteifi”
  • Finnish: “Cardigan”
  • French: “Aberteifi”
  • French: “Cardigan”
  • Galician: “Aberteifi”
  • German: “Cardigan”
  • Gujarati: “કાર્ડિગન”
  • Hebrew: “קרדיגן (ויילס)”
  • Hungarian: “Cardigan”
  • Irish: “Aberteifi”
  • Italian: “Cardigan”
  • Japanese: “カーディガン”
  • Kannada: “ಕಾರ್ಡಿಜನ್”
  • Korean: “카디건”
  • Latin: “Abertawe”
  • Latin: “Ceretica”
  • Lithuanian: “Kardiganas”
  • Livvi: “Aberteifi”
  • Northern Frisian: “Cardigan”
  • Northern Sami: “Aberteifi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cardigan”
  • Persian: “کاردیگان، کردیگیون”
  • Persian: “کاردیگان”
  • Polish: “Cardigan”
  • Portuguese: “Cardigan”
  • Romanian: “Cardigan”
  • Russian: “Кардиган”
  • Scots: “Aberteifi”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Aberteifi”
  • Slovenian: “Cardigan”
  • Spanish: “Cardigan”
  • Swedish: “Cardigan, Wales”
  • Swedish: “Cardigan”
  • Tamil: “கார்டிகன்”
  • Telugu: “కార్దిజన్”
  • Turkish: “Cardigan”
  • Ukrainian: “Кардіган”
  • Urdu: “ابیرتئیفی”
  • Urdu: “ابیرتئیوی”
  • Urdu: “کارڈگن”
  • Võro: “Aberteifi”
  • Welsh: “Aberteifi”
  • Welsh: “Caerdigan”
  • “Aberteifi”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Cardigan”. Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.