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Llanuwchllyn is a village and community in Gwynedd, Wales, near the southern end of Bala Lake (Llyn Tegid). Its population according to the United Kingdom Census 2001 was 834,〔(Llanuwchllyn Census 2001 ) National Office of Statistics〕 of whom about 81% were Welsh-speaking.〔(Welsh-speaking statistics ) Welsh Language Board〕 The figures for the 2011 census were:population 617:Welsh speakers 82%.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Community population 2011 plus percentage of welsh speakers )〕 The parish church of St Deiniol is a grade II * listed building. 〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title= Parish Church of St Deiniol, Llanuwchllyn ) 〕 Llanuwchllyn railway station is the headquarters of the narrow gauge Bala Lake Railway, centred on the former Great Western Railway station on the standard-gauge line from Ruabon to Barmouth. The village was the birthplace of Welsh language author and educationalist Owen Morgan Edwards. Caer gai, a Roman fort near Llanuwchllyn, was traditionally known as the home of Cei, the character in the Arthurian legend known in English as Sir Kay. Poets of the 15th century recorded a story, ultimately deriving from the Prose ''Merlin'' included in the Lancelot-Grail and the Post-Vulgate Cycle, that King Arthur and Cei were brought up at Caer-gai as foster brothers.〔Bromwich, p. 311.〕 Caer gai is also grade II * listed. 〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title= Caer Gai, including adjoining forecourt walls to the NE, Llanuwchllyn ) 〕 ==Governance== An electoral ward with same name exists. This ward also includes the community of Llangywer with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 877.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ward population 2011 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Llanuwchllyn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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