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Gwynedd (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈɡwɨ̞nɛð]) is an area in north-west Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. As a local government area it is the second biggest in terms of geographical area and also one of the most sparsely populated. A large proportion of the population is Welsh-speaking. The name Gwynedd is also used for a preserved county, covering the two local government areas of Gwynedd and the Isle of Anglesey. Culturally and historically, the name can also be used for most of North Wales (for instance, the area covered by the Gwynedd Constabulary), corresponding to the approximate territory of the Kingdom of Gwynedd at its greatest extent.
Gwynedd is the home of Bangor University and includes the scenic Llŷn Peninsula, and most of the Snowdonia National Park.
Gwynedd was an independent kingdom from the end of the Roman period until the 13th Century when it was conquered and subjugated by England. The modern Gwynedd was one of eight Welsh counties originally created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, based on the principal territory of the former realm. It covered the entirety of the old counties of Anglesey, and Caernarfonshire along with all of Merionethshire apart from Edeirnion Rural District (which went to Clwyd), and also a few parishes in Denbighshire: Llanrwst, Llansanffraid Glan Conwy, Eglwysbach, Llanddoged, Llanrwst and Tir Ifan.
Study Abroad || Bangor Gwynedd North Wales (Bangor University)
Bangor Gwynedd Conservative Club FireBomb August 6
Bangor City Centre, Wales.
205 207 High Street, Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales
Caernarfon Road, Bangor flooding 26/12/15
Bangor (Gwynedd) Train Station
Metal detecting Bangor Gwynedd April 2016
Ysgol Glancegin, Bangor, Gwynedd Council
A crowded bus!! (Bus 58 to Bangor,Gwynedd)
Sea Cadets in Wellfield Shopping Centre, Bangor, Gwynedd 1994