Conwy

Conwy
Conwy Castle and the three bridges over the River Conwy
Conwy Location within Conwy
Population	14,723 (2011)
OS grid reference	SH775775
Community	Conwy
Principal area	Conwy
Preserved county	Clwyd
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CONWY
Postcode district	LL31, LL32
Dialling code	01492
Police	North Wales
Fire	North Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Bangor Aberconwy
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Aberconwy
List of places UK Wales Conwy 53°17′N 3°50′W / 53.28°N 3.83°W / 53.28; -3.83 Map of the community

Conwy (/ˈkɒnwi/, Welsh: [ˈkɔnʊɨ] ^ⓘ), previously known in English as Conway, is a walled market town, community and the administrative centre of Conwy County Borough in North Wales. The walled town and castle stand on the west bank of the River Conwy, facing Deganwy on the east bank. The town formerly lay in Gwynedd and prior to that in Caernarfonshire. The community, which also includes Deganwy and Llandudno Junction, had a population of 14,753 at the 2011 census.^[1]

Postal addresses do not follow the community boundaries. On the east bank of the river, Deganwy forms part of the Conwy post town, but Llandudno Junction is a separate post town. The ward on the west bank of the river had a population of 4,065 at the 2011 census.^[2]

The resident population of the wider Conwy County Borough was estimated to be 116,200 in an ONS-estimate.^[3]

The name 'Conwy' derives from the old Welsh words cyn (chief) and gwy (water), the river being originally called the 'Cynwy'.^[4][5][6][7]