Frongoch
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| Frongoch | ||
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| Statistics | ||
| Population: | {{{Population}}} | |
| Ordnance Survey | ||
| OS grid reference: | Maps for Unknown | |
| Administration | ||
| Principal area: | Gwynedd | |
| Constituent country: | Wales | |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom | |
| Other | ||
| Police force: | North Wales Police | |
| Ceremonial county: | Gwynedd | |
| Historic county: | Merionethshire | |
| Post office and telephone | ||
| Post town: | Unknown | |
| Postal district: | LL23 | |
| Dialling code: | +44-1678 | |
| Politics | ||
| UK Parliament: | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | |
| European Parliament: | Wales | |
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The village of Frongoch is located in north Wales. It lies close to the larger market town of Bala, on the A4212.
It was the home of the Frongoch internment camp, used to hold German prisoners-of-war during First World War, and then Irish prisoners from the 1916 Rising,
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