Pembroke
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 Aerial view of Pembroke Castle and Main Street | |
  Pembroke Location within Pembrokeshire | |
| Population | 7,552 (2011 census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SM985015 |
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| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PEMBROKE |
| Postcode district | SA71 |
| Dialling code | 01646 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Pembroke (/ˈpɛmbrʊk/ PEM-bruuk; Welsh: Penfro [ˈpɛnvrɔ][3]) is a town and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales, with a population of 7,552. The names of both the town and the county (of which the county town is Haverfordwest) have a common origin; both are derived from the Cantref of Penfro: Pen, 'head' or 'end', and bro, 'region', 'country', 'land', which has been interpreted to mean either 'Land's End'[4] or 'headland'.[5]
Pembroke features a number of historic buildings, town walls, complexes and Pembroke Castle which was the birthplace of Henry Tudor, who became Henry VII of England.
- ^ "4 Wards and community population 2011". Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ^ "Home | Pembroke Town Council". www.pembroketownguide.org.uk.
- ^ Griffiths; Jones, Dafydd Glyn, eds. (2003). Geiriadur yr Academi. Bruce: University of Wales Press. ISBN 9780708311868.
- ^ Charles, B. G., The Placenames of Pembrokeshire, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992, ISBN 0-907158-58-7, p 671
- ^ Lewis, Samuel (1833). A Topographical Dictionary of Wales. Vol. 2. p. 2N.