Cyffylliog

Cyffylliog
Cyffylliog village school
Cyffylliog
Location within Denbighshire
OS grid referenceSJ058577
Community
  • Cyffylliog
Principal area
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townRUTHIN
Postcode districtLL15
Dialling code01824
PoliceNorth Wales
FireNorth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament

Cyffylliog (sometimes Welsh: Y Gyffylliog) is a village and community in Denbighshire, Wales. It is situated to the west of Ruthin on the banks of the River Clywedog. The community covers an area of 12.20 square miles (31.59 km2) and includes the hamlet of Bontuchel and a section of Clocaenog Forest. It had a population of 495 at the time of the 2011 census, a slight increase from 484 during the 2001 census. The name of the village means "place of pollard trees/stumps" and comes from the Welsh word cyffyll meaning stumps.

The village has a small, bilingual primary school, Ysgol Cyffylliog, which had 25 pupils in 2011.