St Asaph
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| City and Community | |
 St. Asaph Cathedral and city | |
  St Asaph Location within Denbighshire | |
| Population | 3,355 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SJ035743 |
| Community |
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| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ST. ASAPH |
| Postcode district | LL17 |
| Dialling code | 01745 |
| Police | North Wales |
| Fire | North Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
St Asaph (/ˈæsəf/;[1] Welsh: Llanelwy [ɬanˈɛlʊɨ̯] "church on the Elwy"[2]) is a cathedral city[3] and community on the River Elwy in Denbighshire, Wales. In the 2011 Census it had a population of 3,355,[4] making it the second-smallest city in the United Kingdom in terms of population and urban area. It was historically in Flintshire.
The city of St Asaph is surrounded by countryside and views of the Vale of Clwyd. It is situated close to a number of towns including Denbigh, Rhuddlan, Rhyl, Holywell and Abergele.
- ^ St Asaph—John Wells's phonetic blog Archived 18 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine, 15 March 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2012
- ^ Mills, A. D. (2003). A Dictionary of British Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198527589.
- ^ BBC News—St Asaph in north Wales named Diamond Jubilee city Archived 30 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 14 March 2012
- ^ Office for National Statistics Archived 9 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine 2011 census - St. Asaph C