Caernarfon

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Caernarfon
Welsh Caernarfon
View over the castle to the city
View over the castle to the city
Coordinates 53 ° 8 ′  N , 4 ° 16 ′  W Coordinates: 53 ° 8 ′  N , 4 ° 16 ′  W
OS National Grid SH485625
Caernarfon (Wales)
Caernarfon
Caernarfon
Residents 9615 (2011)
administration
Post town CAERNARFON
ZIP code section LL55
prefix 01286
Part of the country Wales
Preserved County Gwynedd
Unitary authority Gwynedd
British Parliament Arfon
Welsh Parliament Arfon
Website: www.caernarfononline.co.uk

Caernarfon (formerly Caernarvon , pronounced: kairnarvon) is a small town in north-west Wales . Located on the Menai Strait across from Anglesey Island, it is the unofficial capital of North Wales. The place goes back to a Roman fort from the 1st century AD.

Surname

The name means "castle (caer) in Arfon", Arfon (ar Fôn) itself means "across from Môn ( Anglesey )". The conversion of "m" into an "f" (spoken like a "w") after certain prepositions (here ar "auf") is one of the peculiarities of the Welsh language ( initial mutations ).

Castle

The center of the village is dominated by the massive Caernarfon Castle , one of the most famous historical fortresses in Great Britain.

Culture

A large part of the town's residents speak Welsh , the second official language of the country. Caernarfon is also a center of Welsh culture. The traditional Eisteddfod , a folk festival of literature, poetry and music, has taken place here repeatedly since 1862. The Caernarfon Town football team comes from Caernarfon .

Personalities

literature

  • Castles in Wales . The Automobile Association; The Wales Tourist Board, 1982, ISBN 0-86145-125-2 , p. 46.
  • Arnold Joseph Taylor: Caernarfon Castle and town walls. 6th edition, Cardiff: Cadw 2004, ISBN 1-857602-09-9 .

Web links

Commons : Caernarfon  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Town population 2011 . Retrieved May 15, 2015.