Conwy County Borough Geographical Area & Population Information

Conwy County Borough is centrally located in North Wales. The County Borough has an area of 113,000 hectares and a population of 116,250 residents (mid-2015 estimate) which, with 99 people per square kilometre, is less densely populated than Wales as a whole. Approximately 38% of its area and 4% of its population are within the Snowdonia National Park.

The narrow coastal belt contains 85% of the County Borough’s population with Llandudno and Colwyn Bay as the two main urban areas. Other significant settlements are Abergele, Conwy, Kinmel Bay, Towyn, Llandudno Junction, Penmaenmawr, Llanfairfechan and Penrhyn Bay. The remainder of the county is a large rural area the main settlements of which are the market town of Llanrwst and the scattered villages of Betws-y-Coed, Betws yn Rhos, Eglwysbach, Llanfairtalhaearn, Llansannan, Llangernyw, Pentrefoelas and Cerrigydrudion. Its population is widely dispersed and is predominantly Welsh speaking.

As part of the Local Well Being Needs Assessment recently undertaken by Conwy and Denbighshire Public Service Board, Conwy County Borough has been divided into five areas as follows:

Area 1 - Coastal West Area 2 - Creuddyn Area 3 – Coastal Central Area 4 – Coastal East Area 5 - Rural 1. Bryn 5. Conwy 14. Llandrillo yn Rhos 21. Llanddulas 27. Caerhun 2. Pandy 6. Gogarth 15. Mochdre 22. Pentre Mawr 29. Eglwysbach 3. Pant-yr 7. Mostyn 16. Rhiw 23. Abergele Pensarn 30. Llangernyw Afon/Penmaenan 8. Tudno 17. Glyn 24. Towyn 31. Betws yn Rhos 4. Capelulo 9. Craig-y-Don 18. Eirias 25. Kinmel Bay 32. Llansannan 10. Deganwy 19. Colwyn 26. Gele 33. Trefriw 11. Marl 20. Llysfaen 34. Betws-y-Coed 12. Pensarn 35. Gower 13. Penrhyn 36. Crwst 28. Llansanffraid 37. Uwch Conwy 38. Uwchaled