Place:Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England

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NameGwinear-Gwithian
TypeCivil parish
Coordinates50.217°N 5.383°W
Located inCornwall, England     (1934 - )
See alsoWest Penwith Rural, Cornwall, Englandrural district in which it was located 1934-1974
Gwinear, Cornwall, Englandcivil parish from which it was formed
Gwithian, Cornwall, Englandcivil parish from which it was formed

Gwinear-Gwithian was a civil parish formed in 1934 from the former civil parishes of Gwinear and Gwithian when the two parishes were transferred from Redruth Rural District to West Penwith Rural District.

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Gwinear–Gwithian (Cornish: Sen Gwynnyer–Sen Goedhyan) is a coastal civil parish in west Cornwall, England. It includes the villages of Connor Downs, Gwinear, Gwithian, Reawla and Rosewarne (which was formerly part of Camborne). The parish is situated approximately two miles (3 km) east of Hayle and two miles (3 km) west of Camborne. The population of the parish was 3,032 in the 2001 census.

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