Arfon

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Arfon is a historic region and former district in northwest Wales, centered around the area opposite Anglesey and including parts of the county of Gwynedd.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Arfon canonical 19

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative district ⓘ
historic region ⓘ
administrativeStatus former local government district ⓘ
borders Snowdonia ⓘ
contains Bangor ⓘ
Bethesda ⓘ
Bontnewydd ⓘ
Caernarfon ⓘ
linked to: Caernarfon, Gwynedd

Deiniolen ⓘ
Llanberis ⓘ
Llanberis Pass ⓘ
Llanrug ⓘ
Penygroes ⓘ
Rhiwlas ⓘ
Y Felinheli ⓘ
part of the Menai Strait coast ⓘ
country Wales ⓘ
etymology Welsh words meaning "opposite Anglesey" or "facing Anglesey" ⓘ
formerDistrictOf Gwynedd County Council ⓘ
linked to: Gwynedd Council
governingCouncilNow Gwynedd Council ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Menai Strait ⓘ
hasNameOriginLanguage Welsh ⓘ
hasUrbanCentre Bangor ⓘ
Caernarfon ⓘ
linked to: Caernarfon, Gwynedd
historicCounty Caernarfonshire ⓘ
historicSignificance traditional Welsh heartland ⓘ
languageMajority Welsh ⓘ
locatedIn Gwynedd ⓘ
northwest Wales ⓘ
linked to: north-west Wales
locatedOn mainland Wales ⓘ
locatedOpposite Anglesey ⓘ
notableFeature includes parts of Snowdonia National Park ⓘ
proximity to Anglesey across the Menai Strait ⓘ
regionNameUsedFor Senedd constituency of Arfon ⓘ
UK Parliament constituency of Arfon ⓘ
regionOf northwest Wales ⓘ
linked to: north-west Wales
regionType subdivision of Gwynedd ⓘ
timePeriodAsDistrict 20th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bethesda, Gwynedd → region → Arfon ⓘ
subject linked to: Bethesda
Bethesda, Gwynedd → parliamentaryConstituency → Arfon ⓘ
subject linked to: Bethesda
Bethesda, Gwynedd → seneddConstituency → Arfon ⓘ
subject linked to: Bethesda
Y Felinheli → partOf → Arfon ⓘ
Rhiwlas → locatedIn → Arfon ⓘ
Rhiwlas → partOf → Arfon ⓘ
Rhiwlas → hasRegion → Arfon ⓘ