Chirk

Chirk is a town in the county borough of , . The town is on the Welsh border near .
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  • Type: Town with 4,010 residents
  • Description: town and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales
  • Also known as: “Waun”, “Yr Waun”, and “奇克鎮”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Chirk railway station and Chirk Community Hospital.

Railway station
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the town of Chirk, , .

Hospital
is a community hospital in Chirk, Wales.

Bridge
is a 70-foot high and 710-foot long…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Weston Rhyn and St Martin’s.

Village
Photo: John Firth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a large village and civil parish in , England.

Village
Photo: Maelor, Public domain.
St Martin's is a village and civil parish…

Hamlet
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village in , England.

Chirk

Latitude
52.932° or 52° 55′ 55″ north
Longitude
-3.0564° or 3° 3′ 23″ west
Population
4,010
Elevation
351 feet (107 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB CIK
Open location code
9C4RWWJV+RC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27459591
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2653131
Wiki­data ID
Q2316216
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Chirk” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Y Waun”
  • Basque: “Chirk”
  • Basque: “Y Waun”
  • Bengali: “চির্ক”
  • Breton: “Y Waun”
  • Bulgarian: “Чърк”
  • Catalan: “Y Waun”
  • Cebuano: “Chirk”
  • Chinese: “彻克”
  • Chinese: “徹克”
  • Cornish: “Y Waun”
  • Danish: “Chirk”
  • Dutch: “Chirk”
  • French: “Chirk”
  • German: “Chirk”
  • Gujarati: “ચિર્ક”
  • Hebrew: “צ’ירק”
  • Hungarian: “Chirk”
  • Indonesian: “Chirk”
  • Irish: “Y Waun”
  • Italian: “Chirk”
  • Japanese: “チャーク”
  • Kannada: “ಚಿರ್ಕ್”
  • Korean: “처크”
  • Latin: “Guainia”
  • Lithuanian: “Čerkas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chirk”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Chirk”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Chirk”
  • Norwegian: “Chirk”
  • Persian: “چیرک”
  • Polish: “Chirk”
  • Portuguese: “Chirk”
  • Russian: “Чирк”
  • Russian: “Чърк”
  • Scots: “Y Waun”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Y Waun”
  • Spanish: “Chirk”
  • Swedish: “Chirk”
  • Tamil: “சிர்க்”
  • Telugu: “చిర్క్”
  • Urdu: “چیرک”
  • Vietnamese: “Chirk”
  • Welsh: “Y Waun”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Rhosywaun and Chirk Green.

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