Glyn Ceiriog
| (Llansantffraid) Glyn Ceiriog | |
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 Centre of Glyn Ceiriog, view from the Glyn Valley Hotel |
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 (Llansantffraid) Glyn Ceiriog
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| (Llansantffraid) Glyn Ceiriog shown within Wrexham | |
| Population | 1,040 (2011) |
| Language |
British English Welsh (48.3% of population) |
| OS grid reference | SJ205384 |
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| Principal area | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LLANGOLLEN |
| Postcode district | LL20 |
| Dialling code | 01691 |
| Police | North Wales |
| Fire | North Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | |
| Welsh Assembly | |
| Website | glynceiriog |
Glyn Ceiriog is the principal settlement of the Ceiriog Valley. Confusingly, Glyn Ceiriog translates simply as Ceiriog Valley, though there are other villages in the valley. The village is technically known, in traditional Welsh naming style, as Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog or sometimes Llansanffraid Glyn Ceiriog, which means church of St Fraid (the Welsh name of St Bridget) in the Ceiriog Valley, but it has come to be known simply as Glyn Ceiriog, or even Glyn for short. The name is now more associated with other villages of the same name.
Glyn Ceiriog is a local government community in Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It is in the Clwyd South National Assembly for Wales constituency and Clwyd South parliamentary constituency.
A former slate mining village, it lies on the River Ceiriog and on the B4500 road, about 6 miles (10 km) west of Chirk. It is under three miles (5 km) as the crow flies (but much further by road due to the steep mountains) south of Llangollen.
Glyn Ceiriog was historically administered as the civil parish of Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog, ("St Ffraid's in the Ceiriog Valley"). From 1889 until 1974, Glyn Ceiriog was part of the administrative county of Denbighshire, which was divided into various rural districts. From 1895 to 1935, Glyn Ceiriog was in the Chirk Rural District, which merged in 1935 with Llansilin Rural District to form the Ceiriog Rural District. Glyn Ceiriog was in the Ceiriog Rural District from 1935 to 1974.
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