Towyn

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Towyn
Welsh: Tywyn
Towyn (United Kingdom)
Towyn

Towyn shown within the United Kingdom
Population 2001 census - 7,864 (including Kinmel Bay)
Principal area Conwy
Constituent country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Abergele
Postcode district LL22
Dialling code 01745
Police North Wales
Fire North Wales
Ambulance Welsh
European Parliament Wales
UK Parliament Clwyd West
Welsh Assembly Clwyd West
List of places: UKWalesConwy

Coordinates: 53°11′N 3°19′W / 53.18, -3.32

Towyn (more correctly Tywyn in Welsh), is a resort in the County Borough of Conwy on the north Wales coast, located beyween Rhyl, in Denbighshire, and Abergele in Conwy. According to the 2001 census, together with neighboring Kinmel Bay (to the east), it had a population 7,864, of which 10.7% could speak Welsh. Only a third of the population was born in Wales.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Towyn & Kinmel Bay Key Statistics, Conwy County Borough Council
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