Abererch

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| country = Wales

| coordinates = {{coord|52.902|-4.386|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Aber-erch

| population = 1354

| population_ref = (Ward 2011){{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/abererch-w05000043#sthash.1W0bX3a1.dpbs|title=Ward population 2011|access-date=14 May 2015}}

| static_image_name = Abererch cottage - geograph.org.uk - 1289591.jpg

| static_image_width = 250

| static_image_caption = Aber-erch

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| unitary_wales = Gwynedd

| lieutenancy_wales = Gwynedd

| constituency_welsh_assembly = Dwyfor Meirionnydd

| constituency_westminster = Dwyfor Meirionnydd

| community_wales = Llannor

| postcode_district = LL53

| postcode_area = LL

| post_town = PWLLHELI

| dial_code = 01758

| os_grid_reference = SH395365

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Aber-erch ({{IPA|cy|abɛrˈɛrχ|}}, Welsh for "Mouth of the Erch") is a small village and former civil parish on the Llŷn Peninsula in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. The village lies approximately {{convert|1|mi|km}} east of Pwllheli. A river, the Afon Erch runs through the village.

The parish was abolished in 1934 and incorporated into that of Llannor, now the community of Llannor.{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10413965 |title=Abererch AP/CP through time | Administrative history of Parish-level Unit: Hierarchies, boundaries |access-date=2010-01-13 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604051205/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10413965 |archive-date=2011-06-04 }} A Vision of Britain Through Time : Abererch Civil Parish Retrieved 12 January 2010 It is a mostly Welsh-speaking village{{cite web|url=http://www.byig-wlb.org.uk/English/publications/Publications/311.xls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716195455/http://www.byig-wlb.org.uk/English/publications/Publications/311.xls |url-status = dead|archive-date=16 July 2011 |title=2001 Census - Electoral Division Level Language Data |format=XLS |access-date=25 November 2010 }} and its name is often truncated to "Berch" {{IPA|cy|bɛrχ|}} in the local Welsh dialect.{{Cite book |last=Rhys |first=Guto |title=Amrywiaith 2 - Blas ar dafodieithoedd Cymru |publisher=Carreg Gwalch |year=2022 |isbn=9781845278526 |edition=1 |location=Llanrwst |pages=40 |language=cy}}

File:Eglwys Cawrdaf Sant, Abererch - geograph.org.uk - 1289580.jpg

There is a primary school, playschool, and a railway station. The Church of St Cawrdaf is a grade I listed building.{{Cadw|num=4317|desc=Church of St Cawrdaf, Abererch|grade=I|access-date = 10 September 2024}}

Aber-erch has a beach called 'Traeth Glan y Don' (which roughly translates to 'Shore of the wave beach') which extends from Morfa'r Garreg, Pwllheli to Pen-ychain. Parking for the beach is near the railway station. From the beach you have a view of Harlech Castle in the east all the way down to Tywyn (on a clearer day even further south) and to the west Pwllheli and the St Tudwal's Islands. Access to the beach is through a footpath next the caravan and camp-site. This beach is ideal for days when the wind is from the north or north west due to the sheltered bay.

The ward includes the village of Y Ffor and the small settlement of Penrhos.