Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch

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 village, community, interesting place
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is a large village and community on the island of Anglesey in Wales, situated on the Menai Strait next to the Britannia Bridge and across the strait from Bangor.
At the 2001 census, the population of the community was 3,040, 76% of whom spoke Welsh fluently; the highest percentage of speakers were in the 10–14 age group, where 97.1% spoke Welsh.By the time of the 2011 Census the population had increased to 3,107, of whom
70.62% were able to speak Welsh.
It is the sixth largest settlement on the island by population
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfairpwllgwyngyll
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   53°13'25"N   4°12'9"W

Comments

  • Longest placename in the UK
  • Also simply known as 'Llanfairpwllgwyngyll' or 'Llanfair PG'.
  • Got me passport stamped there!
  • It's a Welsh Language, with 58 letters in length (51 letters in the Welsh alphabet, where "ch", "ng" and "ll" count as single letters).
  • Its pronounced like this: Hlanvirepoolgwynngethgogerethwindrobblecantisiliogogogogh
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