Treuddyn is a village,

community A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, villag ...

and electoral ward in

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

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and 3 miles north-west of

Caergwrle Caergwrle () is a village in the county of Flintshire, in north east Wales. Approximately from Wrexham and situated on the A541 road, it is contiguous with the villages of Abermorddu and Hope, though in parts Caergwrle and Hope are separated by ...

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

Denbighshire Denbighshire ( ; cy, Sir Ddinbych; ) is a county in the north-east of Wales. Its borders differ from the historic county of the same name. This part of Wales contains the country's oldest known evidence of habitation – Pontnewydd (Bontnew ...

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 Ysgol Maes Garmon is an 11–18 mixed, Welsh-medium community secondary school and sixth form in Mold, Flintshire, Wales. It was established in 1961 and is the only Welsh-medium school in Flintshire. It shares some of its facilities with Alun ...

(Welsh) and

Alun School Alun School is a secondary school located in the community of Mold, Flintshire, Wales. It was formed in 1970 as a result of the merger of the Alun Grammar School and the Daniel Owen Secondary Modern School. Some of the school's present buildin ...

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

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iron Iron () is a chemical element with symbol Fe (from la, ferrum) and atomic number 26. It is a metal that belongs to the first transition series and group 8 of the periodic table. It is, by mass, the most common element on Earth, right in ...

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

Flintshire County Council Flintshire County Council is the unitary local authority for the county of Flintshire, one of the principal areas of Wales. It is based at County Hall in Mold. Elections take place every five years. The last election was on 5 May 2022. His ...

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

United Kingdom Census 2021 The decennial 2021 censuses of England and Wales and of Northern Ireland took place on 21 March 2021, and the census of Scotland took place on 20 March 2022. The censuses were administered by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in England an ...

, 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