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<td>Hauptstadt</td>
<td><a href="Dolgellau" title="Dolgellau">Dolgellau</a>
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<td>Fläche</td>
<td>1.709 <a href="Quadratkilometer" class="mw-redirect" title="Quadratkilometer">km²</a>
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<td>39.007 (1961)
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<p><b>Merionethshire</b> (<a href="Walisische_Sprache" title="Walisische Sprache">walisisch</a> <i>Sir Feirionnydd</i>) ist eine der dreizehn <a href="Traditionelle_Grafschaften_von_Wales" title="Traditionelle Grafschaften von Wales">traditionellen Grafschaften</a> sowie eine ehemalige Verwaltungsgrafschaft von <a href="Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>. Historische Hauptstadt ist die Stadt <a href="Dolgellau" title="Dolgellau">Dolgellau</a>.
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<p>Die Grafschaft liegt an der <a href="Cardigan_Bay" title="Cardigan Bay">Cardigan Bay</a> und grenzt landseitig an <a href="Caernarfonshire" title="Caernarfonshire">Caernarfonshire</a>, <a href="Denbighshire" title="Denbighshire">Denbighshire</a>, <a href="Montgomeryshire" title="Montgomeryshire">Montgomeryshire</a> und <a href="Cardiganshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardiganshire">Cardiganshire</a>. Die Landschaft ist bergig und wird durch den <a href="Snowdonia" class="mw-redirect" title="Snowdonia">Snowdonia-Nationalpark</a> geprägt. Die höchsten Erhebungen sind der Aran Fawddwy (905 m) und der <a href="Cadair_Idris" class="mw-redirect" title="Cadair Idris">Cadair Idris</a> (893 m). Der Dwyryd, der <a href="Mawddach" title="Mawddach">Mawddach</a> und der Dyfi sind die wichtigsten Flüsse. Bedeutende Orte neben Dolgellau sind <a href="Aberdyfi" title="Aberdyfi">Aberdyfi</a>, <a href="Bala_(Gwynedd)" title="Bala (Gwynedd)">Bala</a>, <a href="Barmouth" title="Barmouth">Barmouth</a>, <a href="Blaenau_Ffestiniog" title="Blaenau Ffestiniog">Blaenau Ffestiniog</a>, <a href="Corwen" title="Corwen">Corwen</a>, Ffestiniog, <a href="Harlech" title="Harlech">Harlech</a> und Tywyn.
</p><p>1961 hatte die Grafschaft 39.007 Einwohner auf 1.709 km².<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Verwaltungsgeschichte">Verwaltungsgeschichte</h2></div>
<p>Bis 1974 war Merionethshire eine Verwaltungsgrafschaft und wurde dann auf den <a href="District_(Vereinigtes_K%C3%B6nigreich)" title="District (Vereinigtes Königreich)">District</a> Meirionnydd von <a href="Gwynedd" title="Gwynedd">Gwynedd</a> und den District Glyndŵr von <a href="Clwyd" title="Clwyd">Clwyd</a> aufgeteilt. Seit der Verwaltungsreform von 1996 erstreckt sich das Gebiet von Merionethshire über die <a href="Unitary_Authority" title="Unitary Authority">Unitary Authorities</a> Gwynedd und <a href="Denbighshire" title="Denbighshire">Denbighshire</a>.
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">rororo Duden-Lexikon 1966</span>
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