Llandrillo, Denbighshire

Llandrillo

High Street
Llandrillo
Llandrillo shown within Denbighshire
Population 580 (2011)
OS grid reference SJ035371
Community
  • Llandrillo
Principal area
Ceremonial county
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CORWEN
Postcode district LL21
Dialling code 01490
Police North Wales
Fire North Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK Parliament
Welsh Assembly

Llandrillo (or, in full, Llandrillo yn Edeirnion) is a small village and community in the Edeirnion area of Denbighshire in Wales, between Bala, and Corwen on the B4401 road. It was historically in the county of Merionethshire, and has a population of 580.[1]

It is named after Saint Trillo who came from Brittany with other missionaries and who founded Llandrillo church on a mound next to the Ceidiog stream close to its confluence with the River Dee.

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches north with a total population of 1,122.[2]

See also

References

  1. Office for National Statistics : Census 2011 : Parish Headcounts : Denbighshire Retrieved 14 January 2010
  2. "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 23 May 2015.


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