Conwy County Borough
Conwy County Borough
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Conwy shown within Wales | |
| Coordinates: 53°08′26″N 3°46′14″W / 53.14056°N 3.77056°W | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | Wales |
| Preserved county | Clwyd |
| Incorporated | 1 April 1996 |
| Named after | Conwy |
| Administrative HQ | Conwy |
| Government | |
| • Type | Principal council |
| • Body | Conwy County Borough Council |
| • Control | No overall control |
| • MPs | 2 MPs
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| • MSs | 2 MSs |
| Area | |
• Total | 435 sq mi (1,126 km2) |
| • Rank | 6th |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 114,290 |
| • Rank | 15th |
| • Density | 260/sq mi (102/km2) |
| Welsh language (2021) | |
| • Speakers | 25.9% |
| • Rank | 5th |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
| ISO 3166 code | GB-CWY |
| GSS code | W06000003 |
| Website | conwy |
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Conwy County Borough (Welsh: Bwrdeistref Sirol Conwy) is a county borough in the north of Wales. It borders Gwynedd to the west and south and Denbighshire to the east. The largest settlement is Colwyn Bay, and Conwy is the administrative centre.
Conwy has an area of 1,126 square kilometres (435 sq mi) and a population of 114,290 in 2022, making it sparsely populated. The population is concentrated along the coast, along which are several seaside resorts and the county's largest towns: Colwyn Bay (34,284), Llandudno (20,701), and Conwy (14,753). Inland is much less populous, and the only town is Llanrwst (3,323).