Aberdyfi
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 33 ′ N , 4 ° 3 ′ W | ||
| OS National Grid | SN615965 | ||
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| Residents | 800 2001 | ||
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| Post town | ABERDYFI / ABERDOVEY | ||
| ZIP code section | LL35 | ||
| prefix | 01654 | ||
| Part of the country | Wales | ||
| Preserved County | Gwynedd | ||
| Unitary authority | Gwynedd | ||
| British Parliament | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | ||
| Welsh Parliament | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | ||
Aberdyfi ( Welsh : mouth of the river Dyfi ) is a municipality ( community ) in the County of Gwynedd in Wales . The anglicized form of the name Aberdovey is common .
Location and appearance
The village is located in the central section of the coast of Cardigan Bay and on the southern edge of Snowdonia National Park .
At present, tourism is the main branch of the economy in the municipality, with holiday homes making up a significant part of the residential development .
language
According to the 2001 census results, more than 47% of permanent residents had knowledge of the Welsh language over three years.
history
The name is first recorded in a message about the construction of Aberdyfi Castle in 1156. The mound of earth ( Motte ) still in existence today , on which the earlier castle was built, is not in the area of today's municipality, but on the opposite side of the mouth of the Dyfi in neighboring County Ceredigion . In 1216, several Welsh princes probably agreed the Aberdyfi Agreement in the castle .
Since the middle of the 16th century at the latest, there has been a small fishing port in what is now the village of Aberdyfi, initially with a few residential buildings. The port later gained importance through the shipping of lead ore mined in the region and, particularly in the mid-19th century, the shipping of slate (see the slate industry in Wales ).
From the Victorian era to the present day, Aberdyfi was and is popular as a seaside resort and retirement home. Among the most prominent residents who took up residence in Aberdyfi at an advanced age were the writers Oliver Onions and Berta Ruck .
In 1941 the German émigré Kurt Hahn founded the Outward Bound organization's first short school in Aberdyfi, together with British educators and the German émigré Bernhard Zimmermann .
