Wales Village Long Name
A 2011 survey revealed that 71 of the village s population can speak welsh.
Wales village long name. It is believed the name was conceived by a cobbler or a tailor depending upon what story you hear from menai bridge. Well it goes something like this. The village known as llanfair pg for short is in the guinness book of records for being the place with the longest name in britain. British weatherman liam dutton pronounced the 58 letter name of welsh village llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch flawlessly.
A village in anglesey in north wales known for having the longest place name in the united kingdom a village in anglesey in north wales which has the longest place name in the uk. The village has a railway station known as llanfairpwll railway station. The village was given this long name as a publicity stunt to bring people to the village. Mary s church in the hollow of white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the.
The name which is printed on the village s absurdly long train station sign translates from the welsh as st. The charity action on smoking and health ash wales is. The longest names for communes in france with 38 letters each are saint remy en bouzemont saint genest et isson marne 45 characters including hyphens saint germain de tallevende la lande vaumont. Saint mary s church by the white hazel pool near the fierce whirlpool with the church of saint tysilio by the red cave.
The long name has been credited to a local cobbler although it has also been attributed to a tailor who lived in the locality. Llanfairpwll on anglesey is known by many as that place in wales with the long name. Llanfairpwllgwyngyll or llanfair pwllgwyngyll pronounced ɬanˌvair puɬˈɡwɨ nɡɨ ɬ is a large village and local government community on the island of anglesey wales on the menai strait next to the britannia bridge and across the strait from bangor both shortened llanfairpwll or llanfair pg and lengthened llanfair pwllgwyngyll gogery chwyrn drobwll llan tysilio gogo. The world s longest place name belongs to a hill near porangahau in the southern hawke s bay in new.
Llanfairpwll longest named village in the world. The station is known for its huge sign of the village s name and how to pronounce it. And so you may ask what does this name mean.