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Caerphilly
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{{infobox Wales place|
|Place= Caerphilly
|Council=
Caerphilly (county borough) Caerphilly
|Traditional=
Glamorganshire
|Ceremonial=
Gwent
|Constituency=
Caerphilly (UK Parliament constituency) Caerphilly
|PostalTown= CAERPHILLY
|PostCode= CF83
|DiallingCode= +02920
|GridReference= ST175975
|Population= 31,060
|Police=
Gwent Police
}}
Image:Caerphilly castle Felicity Phillip.jpg thumb|Caerphilly Castle
'''Caerphilly''' (
Welsh language Welsh: ''Caerffili'') is a town in
Glamorgan,
Wales, located at the bottom of the
Rhymney Valley. It is the site of
Caerphilly Castle, built in the
13th century 13th and
14th century 14th centuries, and is the main town in the
county borough of
Caerphilly (county borough) Caerphilly.
In
1899 the
Rhymney Railway built their
Caerphilly railway works maintenance facilities, however the expansion of the population in the
19th century nineteenth century was more to do with the increasing market for
coal.
Trivia
* Caerphilly is the birth place of
Tommy Cooper.[http://justlikethat.homestead.com/Index.html]
* Caerphilly is featured in the
Sex Pistols documentary ''
The Filth and the Fury''. Protests and a prayer meeting were held outside the Castle Cinema on the evening of
December 14th,
1976, when the Pistols were playing a concert there.
*
Caerphilly cheese originated in this area.
*Caerphilly hosted the
National Eisteddfod in
1950.
* Caerphilly has the most energetic and forward looking environmental Registered Charity in the region. [http://www.caerphilly.org] The Caerphilly Woodlands Trust - run purely by volunteers.
Twin towns
*
Ludwigsburg,
Germany (
1960)
*
Pisek,
Czech Republic (
1994)
External links
-
http://www.caerphilly.gov.uk - Caerphilly County Borough Council.
-
http://www.visitcaerphilly.com - Visit Caerphilly.
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http://www.caerphillynet.co.uk - Caerphilly Net.
{{Wales-geo-stub}}
Category:Caerphilly *
Category:Towns in Caerphilly county borough
cy:Caerffili
de:Caerphilly
ja:ケアフィリ
This
:Category category contains locations within the town of
Caerphilly, south
Wales. The town is not to be confused with
Caerphilly (county borough) which has its
:Category:Caerphilly county borough own category.
Category:Caerphilly county borough
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