Treuddyn is a village,

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and

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Flintshire Flintshire () is a county in the north-east of Wales. It borders the Irish Sea to the north, the Dee Estuary to the north-east, the English county of Cheshire to the east, Wrexham County Borough to the south, and Denbighshire to the west. ...

, Wales, located just off the A5104 road, around 4 miles south-east of

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and 3 miles north-west of Caergwrle. The community includes the nearby village of Coed Talon, to the east, and Rhydtalog, to the south-west on the

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border. There are two primary schools: Ysgol Terrig, which is a Welsh medium school and Ysgol Parc y Llan, which is an English medium school. The closest secondary schools are Ysgol Maes Garmon (Welsh) and Alun School (English) in Mold, 4.5 miles away. There is also a

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and shop. Treuddyn has its own church, St Mary's, and there are also two active chapels in the village. A third chapel, that of the

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denomination, has closed. There are many

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s in the area. It was an industrial area during the 19th and 20th centuries, with mining of

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and

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. There was a distillery to extract

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from the coal, and a

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between 1817 and 1865. In 1834 around 450 men were constantly employed in the collieries and other industries. Treuddyn is also an

, coterminous with the community. It elects one county councillor to

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Demographics

Population

Number

According to the 2021 Census, Treuddyn's population is 1,686. Treuddyn's population was 1,627 at the 2011 Census.

Languages

According to the

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, 20.7 per cent of all usual residents aged 3+ in Treuddyn can speak Welsh. 31.4 per cent of the population noted that they could speak, read, write or understand Welsh. The 2011 census noted 24.4 per cent of all usual residents aged 3 years and older in the village could speak Welsh.

Country of Birth

The 2021 Census noted that 97.4 per cent of Treuddyn's population was born in the United Kingdom. The 2011 Census noted that 98.2 per cent of the population was born in the United Kingdom; 59.9 per cent of the population was born in Wales and 37.5 per cent of the population born in England.

References

External links

Photos of Treuddyn and surrounding area on geograph.org.uk
Villages in Flintshire Communities in Flintshire Wards of Flintshire {{Flintshire-geo-stub