Minera

Minera
View from Minera Mountain of the western end of the village
Minera is located in Wrexham
Minera
Minera
Location within Wrexham
Population1,617 (2011)
OS grid referenceSJ267518
Community
  • Minera
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWREXHAM
Postcode districtLL11
Dialling code01978
PoliceNorth Wales
FireNorth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
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53°03′32″N 3°05′35″W / 53.059°N 3.093°W / 53.059; -3.093

Minera (Welsh: Mwynglawdd;[1] Welsh pronunciation) is a village and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It adjoins the village of Coedpoeth.

The community, which in addition to Minera village includes a number of smaller hamlets such as Gwynfryn and New Brighton and large areas of farmland, had a total population of 1,608 at the 2001 census,[2] increasing slightly to 1,617 at the 2011 Census.[3]

  1. ^ Mwynglawdd is recommended by the Welsh Language Commissioner, sometimes the Welsh definite article "Y" is included as "Y Mwynglawdd"."Standardised Welsh Place names". www.welshlanguagecommissioner.wales. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  2. ^ Minera, Office for National Statistics
  3. ^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 19 November 2015.