Llanengan
title: "Llanengan" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["llanengan"] topic_path: "general/llanengan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanengan" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| country | Wales |
| coordinates | |
| official_name | Llanengan |
| population | 1,989 |
| population_ref | (2011) |
| static_image_name | Eglwys S Engan Llanengan - geograph.org.uk - 519194.jpg |
| static_image_caption | Parish church dedicated to |
| Saint Einion Frenin, a 6th-century king of Llŷn | |
| unitary_wales | Gwynedd |
| lieutenancy_wales | Gwynedd |
| constituency_welsh_assembly | Dwyfor Meirionnydd |
| constituency_westminster | Dwyfor Meirionnydd |
| community_wales | Llanengan |
| postcode_district | LL53 |
| postcode_area | LL |
| post_town | PWLLHELI |
| dial_code | 01758 |
| os_grid_reference | SH293269 |
| module | [[File:Wales Gwynedd Community Llanengan map.svg |
| Map of the community | |
| :: |
| country = Wales | coordinates = | official_name = Llanengan | welsh_name = | population = 1,989 | population_ref = (2011) | static_image_name = Eglwys S Engan Llanengan - geograph.org.uk - 519194.jpg | static_image_caption = Parish church dedicated to Saint Einion Frenin, a 6th-century king of Llŷn | unitary_wales = Gwynedd | lieutenancy_wales = Gwynedd | constituency_welsh_assembly = Dwyfor Meirionnydd | constituency_westminster = Dwyfor Meirionnydd | community_wales = Llanengan | postcode_district = LL53 | postcode_area = LL | post_town = PWLLHELI | dial_code = 01758 | os_grid_reference = SH293269 | cardiff_distance = | module= [[File:Wales Gwynedd Community Llanengan map.svg|240px]] Map of the community
Llanengan is a small village and community 1.2 mi around Abersoch in Gwynedd in north-west Wales. It had a population of 2,024 at the 2001 census, which had been reduced to 1,989 at the 2011 Census. The popular seaside resort village of Abersoch falls within the community, as do the villages of Llangian, Mynytho, Machroes and Llanengan. The local public house is called the Sun. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/The_ventilation_chimney_of_Tan_'rallt_lead_mine_-geograph.org.uk-_641509.jpg" caption="Ventilation chimney of the local lead mine."] ::
Lead was formerly obtained from a lead mine just outside the village. A chimney can be seen on the left from the road to Porth Neigwl ("Hell's Mouth"), which marks the entrance to the former lead workings.
Church
St Engan's Church is dedicated to Saint Einion Frenin, and was originally established in the late 5th or early 6th century and is one of the oldest churches on the Llŷn Peninsula.
Governance
An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward is smaller than the Community, with a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 1,206.
Notable people
- Ellen Hughes (1867–1927), a Welsh-language writer, temperance reformer and suffragist.
- David Green (1939–2016) a Welsh first-class cricketer
References
References
- "Community population 2011".
- "Llanengan Community Council".
- link. (22 September 2010)
- Atlas of Caernarfonshire; ed. T.M. Basset, B.L. Davies; Gwynedd Rural Council, Caernarfon 1976
- "Ward population 2011".
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