# Pistyll

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Human settlement in Wales

Pistyll Pistyll Capel Bethania Chapel Pistyll Location within Gwynedd Population 566 (2011) OS grid reference SH326423 Community Pistyll Principal area Gwynedd Preserved county Gwynedd Country Wales Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town PWLLHELI Postcode district LL53 Dialling code 01758 Police North Wales Fire North Wales Ambulance Welsh UK Parliament Dwyfor Meirionnydd Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament Dwyfor Meirionnydd List of places UK Wales Gwynedd 52°57′07″N 4°29′31″W / 52.952°N 4.492°W / 52.952; -4.492 Map of the community

**Pistyll** is a village and [community](/source/Community_(Wales)) in the Welsh county of [Gwynedd](/source/Gwynedd), located on the [Llŷn Peninsula](/source/Ll%C5%B7n_Peninsula) midway between [Nefyn](/source/Nefyn) and [Llanaelhaearn](/source/Llanaelhaearn).[1] [Llithfaen](/source/Llithfaen) is the largest settlement in the community and had a population of 566 according to the [2011 census](/source/2011_United_Kingdom_census).[2] The actor [Rupert Davies](/source/Rupert_Davies), best known for playing the title character in *[Maigret](/source/Maigret_(1960_TV_series))*, retired to the village and is buried here.

The sixth century church, [St. Beuno's](/source/St_Beuno's_Church%2C_Pistyll), was used by mediaeval pilgrims travelling to [Bardsey Island](/source/Bardsey_Island).[1]

## References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Pistyll](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pistyll).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-berry_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-berry_1-1) Berry, D. (2014), "Walks on the Llŷn Peninsula", Kittiwake Books, p. 34

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Custom report – Nomis – Official Census and Labour Market Statistics"](https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=W04000096). Retrieved 10 March 2023.

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