Swansea
Swansea is a city on the beautiful Gower Peninsula — the United Kingdom's first designated "Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty". With a population approaching 250,000, it is the second largest city in Wales and is known for its Blue Flag beaches and stunning coastal walks.Photo: Numero007, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Andrew Evans, CC BY 2.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Swansea.com Stadium
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Swansea.com Stadium is an all-seated multi-use sports stadium and conferencing venue located in the Landore area of Swansea, Wales, hosting both rugby union and football.
Swansea Castle
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Swansea Castle is located in the city centre of Swansea, Wales, UK.
Swansea Railway Station
Photo: Gordon Cragg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Swansea railway station serves the city of Swansea, Wales.
Localities in the Area
St Thomas
Photo: J WILLIAMS, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Thomas is a suburban district and community in Swansea, Wales.
Blackpill
Photo: Wiccasha, Public domain.
Blackpill is a suburban area of Swansea, Wales, beside Swansea Bay, about 3 miles southwest of the city centre.
Swansea
- Type: City with 239,000 residents
- Description: city in Swansea principal area, Wales
- Categories: big city and locality
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.6196° or 51° 37' 11" northLongitude
-3.9459° or 3° 56' 45" westPopulation
239,000Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)IATA airport code
SWSUnited Nations Location Code
GB SWAOpen Location Code
9C3RJ393+RJOpenStreetMap ID
node 21063632OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
2636432Wikidata ID
Q23051Swansea Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Swansea
- Arabic: Swansea
- Arabic: سوانزي
- Aragonese: Abertawe
- Armenian: Սուոնսի
- Asturian: Abertawe
- Asturian: Swansea
- Azerbaijani: Suonsi
- Bashkir: Суонси
- Basque: Swansea
- Belarusian: Суонсі
- Belarusian: Сўонсі
- Bengali: সোয়ানসি
- Bengali: সোয়ানসী
- Bosnian: Swansea
- Breton: Abertawe
- Bulgarian: Суонзи
- Catalan: Swansea
- Cebuano: Swansea (kapital sa munisipyo)
- Cebuano: Swansea
- Chinese: Swansea
- Chinese: 史雲斯
- Chinese: 斯旺西
- Cornish: Abertawe
- Croatian: Swansea
- Czech: Swansea
- Danish: Swansea
- Dimli (individual language): Swansea
- Dutch: Swansea
- Egyptian Arabic: سوانزى
- English: Abertawe
- Esperanto: Svonsio
- Esperanto: Swansea
- Estonian: Swansea
- Finnish: Swansea
- French: Swansea
- Galician: Swansea
- German: Abertawe
- German: Swansea
- Greek: Σουάνση
- Greek: Σουόνσι
- Gujarati: સ્વાનસી
- Hebrew: סוונסי
- Hindi: स्वान्ज़ी
- Hungarian: Swansea
- Icelandic: Swansea
- Indonesian: Swansea
- Interlingue: Swansea
- Irish: Abertawe
- Italian: Swansea
- Japanese: スウæォンジ
- Japanese: スウォンジ
- Japanese: スウォンジー
- Kannada: ಸ್ವಾನ್ಸೀ
- Korean: 스완지
- Kurdish: Swansea
- Latin: Abretaum
- Latvian: Svansija
- Latvian: Svonsi
- Latvian: Svonzi
- Latvian: Ābertau
- Lithuanian: Svonsis
- Livvi: Abertawe
- Lombard: Swansea
- Luxembourgish: Abertawe
- Luxembourgish: Swansea
- Macedonian: Свонзи
- Malay: Swansea
- Malayalam: സ്വാൻസീ
- Manipuri: ꯁ꯭ꯋꯥꯟꯁꯤ
- Manx: Abertawe
- Marathi: स्वॉन्झी
- Min Nan Chinese: Swansea
- Moksha: Свонси
- Mongolian: ꯁ꯭ꯋꯥꯟꯁꯤ
- Northern Sami: Abertawe
- Norwegian: Swansea
- Norwegian Bokmål: Swansea
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Swansea
- Occitan (post 1500): Abertawe
- Persian: سوانزی
- Polish: Swansea
- Portuguese: Swansea
- Quechua: Swansea
- Romanian: Swansea
- Russian: Суонси
- Scots: Swansea
- Scottish Gaelic: Abertawe
- Serbian: Свонзи
- Serbo-Croatian: Swansea
- Silesian: Swansea
- Sinhala: ස්වැන්සෝ
- Slovak: Swansea
- Slovenian: Swansea
- Spanish: Swansea
- Swahili: Swansea
- Swedish: Swansea
- Tagalog: Swansea
- Tamil: ஸ்வான்சயே
- Tamil: ஸ்வான்ஸீ
- Tatar: Свонси
- Telugu: స్వాన్జీ
- Telugu: స్వాన్సీ
- Thai: สวอนซี
- Turkish: Swansea
- Ukrainian: Свонсі
- Urdu: سوانزی
- Venetian: Swansea
- Vietnamese: Swansea
- Võro: Abertawe
- Waray (Philippines): Swansea
- Welsh: Abertawe
- Western Frisian: Swansea
- Western Panjabi: سوانسی
- Wu Chinese: 天鹅海城
- Yiddish: סוואנזי
- Yiddish: סוואנסי
- Yue Chinese: 史雲斯
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Swansea. Photo: Andrew Evans, CC BY 2.0.