Bangor-on-Dee

Bangor-on-Dee
  • Welsh: Bangor-is-y-coed or Bangor Is-coed
The high street in Bangor-on-Dee
Bangor-on-Dee is located in Wrexham
Bangor-on-Dee
Bangor-on-Dee
Location within Wrexham
Population1,110 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSJ388454
Community
  • Bangor is-y-Coed
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWREXHAM
Postcode districtLL13
Dialling code01978
PoliceNorth Wales
FireNorth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Wrexham

53°00′11″N 2°54′40″W / 53.003°N 2.911°W / 53.003; -2.911


Map of the community

Bangor-on-Dee (Welsh: Bangor-is-y-coed or standardised Bangor Is-coed[2]) is a village and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, on the banks of the River Dee. Until 1974 it was in the exclave of Flintshire known as the Maelor Saesneg, and from 1974 to 1996 in the county of Clwyd.

The community had a population of 1,110 at the 2011 Census.

  1. ^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  2. ^ Bangor Is-coed is the preferred spelling by the Welsh Language Commissioner in Welsh."Standardised Welsh Place names". www.welshlanguagecommissioner.wales. Retrieved 29 March 2023.