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Caerphilly (Welsh: Caerffili) is a town in South Wales, located at the bottom of the Rhymney Valley, with a population of approximately 31,000. It is about 2-3 miles north of the Cardiff suburbs of Lisvane and Rhiwbina, separated by Caerphilly Mountain. It is traditionally within the county of Glamorgan, on the border with Monmouthshire, but is in the modern ceremonial county of Gwent, and administratively independent as the county borough of Caerphilly. The town gives its name to Caerphilly cheese, which originated in the area.

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Caerphilly Castle


Caerphilly is the site of Caerphilly Castle, built between 1268 and 1271, which is the largest castle in Wales, and second largest in Britain (after Windsor). In 1899 the Rhymney Railway built their maintenance facilities; however, the expansion of the population in the nineteenth century was more to do with the increasing market for coal. Caerphilly hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1950[1].

Caerphilly is featured in the Sex Pistols documentary The Filth and the Fury. Protests and a prayer meeting were held outside the Castle Cinema on the evening of December 14, 1976, when the Pistols were playing a concert there. At this point in time, Caerphilly was one of the few city councils that would allow the group to perform (Leeds and Manchester being the others).

Caerphilly is the birthplace of Tommy Cooper,[2]and it was home to Derby County and Wales star Robert Earnshaw, following his family's move from Zambia. Dennis Spargo, creator of the film Machen: Then & Now, lived in Caerphilly for several years until 2006.

The town has a rugby union club, Caerphilly RFC, who play in Division 1 EAST of the Welsh National League.

During the summer, the town hosts The Big Cheese festival and a fundraising musical event called Megaday.

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Official language of: Wales (de facto)
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Caerphilly is a county constituency centred on the town of Caerphilly in South Wales. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.
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Wales is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 4 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.

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Writing system: Latin alphabet (Welsh variant) 
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Official language of: Wales (de facto)
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Motto
Cymru am byth   (Welsh)
"Wales forever"
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Rhymney Valley (Welsh: Cwm Rhymni) is a valley encompassing the villages of Fochriw, Pontlottyn and the town of Rhymney in south-east Wales, formerly famous for its coal mining and iron industries.
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City of Cardiff
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Constituent country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CARDIFF
Postal districts CF3, CF5, CF10, CF11, CF14, CF23, CF24, CF99
Dialling code 029
Vehicle codes CA-CO
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Lisvane (Welsh: Llys-faen, llys court+ maen stone) is arguably a village but is effectively a small suburb of the city of Cardiff, Wales.
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Rhiwbina (Welsh: Rhiwbeina or Rhiwbeuno - Rhiw slope + Beuno Saint Beuno) is a prosperous northern suburb of Cardiff, Wales. It used to be a separate village, and its core is still locally called "the village" and given a Welsh village appearance by
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Glamorgan or Glamorganshire (Welsh: Morgannwg) is one of thirteen historic counties and former administrative counties of Wales.
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    Monmouthshire (Welsh: Sir Fynwy) is both a historic county and principal area in south-east Wales. The eastern and southern boundaries of the historic county and principal area are the same; however, the western two-fifths of the
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    County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (excluding Scotland), to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control.
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    Caerphilly (county borough) is a local government principal area in southern Wales, straddling the ancient county boundary between Glamorgan and Monmouthshire.

    Its main town is Caerphilly.
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    Caerphilly cheese is a hard cheese that originates in the area around the town of Caerphilly in Wales, although now also made in England, particularly in the South West, on the border with Wales.
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    Caerphilly Castle (Welsh: Castell Caerfili) is a Norman castle that dominates the centre of the town of Caerphilly in south Wales.

    Largest Castle in Wales


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    Windsor Castle, in Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, is the largest inhabited castle in the world and, dating back to the time of William the Conqueror, is the oldest in continuous occupation.
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    The Rhymney Railway was virtually a single stretch of main line, some fifty miles in length, by which the Rhymney Valley was connected to the docks at Cardiff in the county of Glamorgan, South Wales [1].
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    Caerphilly railway works in Caerphilly (Welsh: Caerffili) in the county of Glamorgan was the only main railway works in Wales

    It was built for the Rhymney Railway in 1899 and taken over by the Great Western Railway at amalgamation in 1923.
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    The 19th Century (also written XIX century) lasted from 1801 through 1900 in the Gregorian calendar. It is often referred to as the "1800s.
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    Coal (IPA: /ˈkəʊl/) is a fossil fuel formed in swamp ecosystems where plant remains were saved by water and mud from oxidization and biodegradation.
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    The National Eisteddfod of Wales (Welsh: Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru ) is the most important of several eisteddfodau that are held annually, mostly in Wales.
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    The Filth and the Fury is a 2000 rockumentary film about the Sex Pistols directed by Julien Temple.

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    The Filth and the Fury is the second movie Julien Temple made about The Sex Pistols.
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