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for places in other principal areas.
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cities
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
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town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
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village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...
s in the
principal area {{Short description, Formal legal term for a county in England and Wales
In England and Wales local government legislation, a principal area is one of the sub-national areas established for control by a principal council. They include most of the ar ...
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Carmarthenshire
Carmarthenshire ( cy, Sir Gaerfyrddin; or informally ') is a county in the south-west of Wales. The three largest towns are Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford. Carmarthen is the county town and administrative centre. The county is known as ...
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Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...
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A
Aber-arad,
Abercrychan,
Aber-giar,
Abergorlech,
Abergwili
Abergwili () is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, near the confluence of the rivers Towy and Gwili, close to the town of Carmarthen. It is also an electoral ward. The community includes the settlements of Peniel, Llanfihangel-u ...
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Abernant,
Alltwalis,
Ammanford
B
Bancffosfelen,
Bancycapel,
Bancyfelin,
Bethlehem
Bethlehem (; ar, بيت لحم ; he, בֵּית לֶחֶם '' '') is a city in the central West Bank, Palestine, about south of Jerusalem. Its population is approximately 25,000,Amara, 1999p. 18.Brynen, 2000p. 202. and it is the capital o ...
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Betws,
Blaenycoed
(or Blaen-y-coed; partially in Carmarthenshire),
Blaenwaun,
Brechfa,
Bronwydd
Bronwydd is a village and a community in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales, situated about three miles north of Carmarthen in the valley of the River Gwili. Bronwydd community comprises the village of Bronwydd Arms, a couple of nearby hamlets ...
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Bryn,
Brynamman,
Burry Port,
Bynea
Bynea ( )G.M. Miller, ''BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names'' (Oxford UP, 1971), p. 23. ( cy, Bynie) is a village close to the River Loughor (Welsh-Afon Llwchwr) in Carmarthenshire (Sir Gaerfyrddin), Wales (Cymru). It also forms an ele ...
C
Caeo
Caio or ''Caeo'' is a village in the county of Carmarthenshire, south-west Wales, sited near to the Dolaucothi Gold Mines.
Location
It is located between Llandovery and Lampeter, north-east of the A482 road, A482 that connects these two towns. ...
or
Caio,
Capel Dewi,
Capel Hendre,
Capel Iwan,
Carmarthen
Carmarthen (, RP: ; cy, Caerfyrddin , "Merlin's fort" or "Sea-town fort") is the county town of Carmarthenshire and a community in Wales, lying on the River Towy. north of its estuary in Carmarthen Bay. The population was 14,185 in 2011, ...
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Carmel,
Carway
Carway ( cy, Carwe) is a village situated to the north-west of the town of Llanelli in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales, in the Gwendraeth Valley. It is part of the community of Llangyndeyrn, and had a population of 672 in 2011.
Open-cast m ...
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Castell-y-Garreg,
Cefncaeau,
Cefneithin
Cefneithin () is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, in the Carmarthenshire coalfield area. It lies just off the A48 road, 7 miles north west of Ammanford and 9 miles north of Llanelli. Its nearby community villages include Cross ...
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Cenarth,
Cilycwm
Cilycwm ( cy, Cil-y-cwm, ) is a village and parish located in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The community population taken at the 2011 census was 487.
Cilycwm lies on the west bank of Afon Gwenlais, a tributary of the Tywi, north of the town of Lla ...
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Cross Hands
Cross Hands is a town in Carmarthenshire, Wales, approximately from Carmarthen.
Cross Hands Public Hall is one of only three of its kind in Wales. The Public Hall was erected in 1920 and designed by an unknown Italian designer in the classic A ...
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Crugybar,
Crwbin,
Cwmamman
Cwmamman is a community in Carmarthenshire, about 12 miles north of Swansea in southwest Wales. Literally meaning "Amman valley", it takes its name from the River Amman which runs through the area.
Cwmamman was the original name of the area but ...
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Cwmann
Cwmann is a small village in Wales near Lampeter, just on the Ceredigion border with Carmarthenshire, in the community of Pencarreg. Cwmann is on the Carmarthenshire side of the border. the population in 2011 was around 872.
Cwmann is home to the ...
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Cwmbach
Cwmbach is a village and Community (Wales), community (and electoral ward) near Aberdare, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Cwmbach means 'Little Valley' in Welsh language, Welsh (Cwm = valley, Bach = little). Cwmbach has a popul ...
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Cwmduad
Cwmduad (Welsh "Cwm" valley + "duad" blackness (river Duad, in English Blackcombe)) is a village in Carmarthenshire, West Wales.
Location
Cwmduad is located on the A484, just north of Cynwyl Elfed. The village is found at the confluence of t ...
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Cwmcarnhywel,
Cwmfelin Boeth,
Cwmffrwd,
Cwmgwili,
Cwmhiriaeth,
Cwmisfael,
Cwmmawr,
Cwmpengraig
Cwmpengraig is a rural hamlet in Wales, located in the Teifi Valley approximately from the village of Dre-fach Felindre
Dre-fach Felindre is a village in Carmarthenshire, West Wales. It is located four miles south-east of Newcastle Emlyn. It ...
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Cynhordy,
Cynwyl Elfed
Cynwyl Elfed (; sometimes Conwyl and formerly anglicised as Conwil Elvet or Conwil in Elvet) is a village and community in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales. The community includes the villages of Cynwyl Elfed, Blaenycoed and Cwmduad. It is si ...
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Cynwyl Gaeo
Cynwyl Gaeo is a parish and community located in rural Carmarthenshire, Wales, near the boundary with Ceredigion, in the upper Cothi valley about halfway between Lampeter and Llandovery. The population of the village at the United Kingdom Census ...
D
Dafen,
Derwydd,
,
Dre-fach Felindre
Dre-fach Felindre is a village in Carmarthenshire, West Wales. It is located four miles south-east of Newcastle Emlyn. It lies at the confluence of three fast-flowing streams, the Nant Bargod, Nant Esgair and Nant Brân, where their steep-sided ...
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Dryslwyn,
Dyffryn Cennen
Dyffryn Cennen is a community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The population of the community taken at the 2011 census was 1,176.
The community is bordered by the communities of: Manordeilo and Salem; Llangadog; Cwmamman; Llandybie; Llanfih ...
E
Edwinsford
Edwinsford is a small hamlet situated about the historic Edwinsford Estate and fishery on the river Cothi, a tributary of the River Tywi, in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It lies to the north of Talley, at the confluence of roads toward Llansawel and ...
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Eglwyscummin
Eglwyscummin ( cy, Eglwys Gymyn) is a community situated on the south-western boundary of Carmarthenshire in south-west Wales. It is made up of the three ward parishes of Ciffig, Eglwyscummin, and Marros, all surrounding the village of Red Roses, ...
F
Felinfoel
Felinfoel (pronounced ) is a small village and electoral ward on the River Lliedi on the northern border of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, West Wales, with a population of about 2,000.
The Felinfoel Brewery, home of Double Dragon Ale, is the oldest ...
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Felindre
Felindre is a rural village in southern Wales. Felindre is located in the far north of Swansea, in the electoral ward of Mawr.
The nearby Lower Lliw Reservoirs are a popular venue for walking and fishing. The water mill in the village was workin ...
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Felingwm Isaf,
Felingwm Uchaf,
Ferryside
Ferryside ( cy, Glan-y-fferi) is a village in the community of St Ishmael, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is south of Carmarthen near the mouth of the River Tywi. Originally a ferry crossing, then becoming a fishing village, it has developed as a ...
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Ffarmers,
Fforest,
Five Roads,
Foelgastell
Foelgastell () is a village and community in the county of Carmarthenshire, west Wales. The village has seen much new building of comparatively expensive housing over the past two decades and is within the electoral ward of Gorslas to the west o ...
G
Garnant
Garnant is a Welsh mining village in the valley of the River Amman in Carmarthenshire, north of Swansea. Like the neighbouring village of Glanamman it experienced a coal-mining boom in the 19th and early 20th centuries, but the last big col ...
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Glanamman,
Gorslas
Gorslas is a village and a community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, located on the A476 road northwest of Cross Hands. The village population at the 2011 census was 4,066. Neighbouring villages are Cefneithin and Penygroes. The community is border ...
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Gwernogle,
Gwyddgrug,
Gwynfe
Gwynfe () or Capel Gwynfe is a small village inside the portion of Brecon Beacons National Park that is in Carmarthenshire, a county of southwestern Wales. This village is situated between Trichrug and the western slopes of the Black Mountain, t ...
H
Harford,
Hendy
Hendy ( cy, Yr Hendy) is a village in the community of Llanedi, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is situated at the Carmarthenshire and the City and County of Swansea border. It lies on the Afon Gwili just across the River Loughor from Pontarddulais ...
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Henllan Amgoed
Henllan Amgoed is a small village near Whitland, Carmarthenshire and forms part of the community of Henllanfallteg. The village is home to a chapel and a graveyard. Henllan Amgoed was served by a small local primary school until its closure in 20 ...
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Henllanfallteg
Henllanfallteg (Welsh: ''Henllan Fallteg'') is a community in the west of Carmarthenshire, Wales. It comprises the villages of Cwmfelin Boeth, Henllan Amgoed, Hiraeth, Llanfallteg, and Rhydywrach. The community population taken at the 2011 censu ...
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Hiraeth
() is a Welsh word that has no direct English translation. The University of Wales, Lampeter, likens it to a homesickness tinged with grief and sadness over the lost or departed, especially in the context of Wales and Welsh culture. It is a mix ...
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Horeb
I
Idole
K
Kidwelly
Kidwelly ( cy, Cydweli) is a town and community in Carmarthenshire, southwest Wales, approximately northwest of the most populous town in the county, Llanelli. In the 2001 census the community of Kidwelly returned a population of 3,289, inc ...
L
Laugharne
Laugharne ( cy, Talacharn) is a town on the south coast of Carmarthenshire, Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Tâf.
The ancient borough of Laugharne Township ( cy, Treflan Lacharn) with its Corporation and Charter is a unique survival ...
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Llanarthney
Llanarthney ( cy, Llanarthne; ) is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, south-west Wales. Situated on the B4300 road 12 km (7.5 miles) east of Carmarthen and 10 km (6 miles) west of Llandeilo, the community had a population at the ...
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Llanboidy
Llanboidy is a village and community in the principal area and historic county of Carmarthenshire, West Wales. The community includes the village of Llanglydwen.
Location
According to the 2001 United Kingdom Census, the community had a popula ...
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Llandawke,
Llanddarog,
Llanddeusant,
Llanddowror
Llanddowror is a village and a community in Carmarthenshire, Wales situated from St. Clears. Previously on the trunk road to Pembroke Dock, the village is small, historic and relatively unspoilt.
Llanddowror is famous for being the home of its ...
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Llandeilo
Llandeilo () is a town and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, situated at the crossing of the River Towy by the A483 on a 19th-century stone bridge. Its population was 1,795 at the 2011 Census. It is adjacent to the westernmost point of the ...
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Llandovery
Llandovery (; cy, Llanymddyfri ) is a market town and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It lies on the River Tywi and at the junction of the A40 and A483 roads, about north-east of Carmarthen, north of Swansea and west of Brecon.
Hi ...
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Llandre,
Llandybie
Llandybie ( cy, Llandybïe , " Saint Tybie's church") is a community which includes a large village of the same name situated north of Ammanford in Carmarthenshire, Wales.
According to the United Kingdom Census 2001, Llandybie village itself is ...
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Llandyfaelog
Llandyfaelog () is a community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales.
According to the 2001 census the community has a population of 1,272, of which 71.88 percent are Welsh speaking. The population at the 2011 Census had increased to 1,304.
The commu ...
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Llandysul
Llandysul is a small town and community in the county of Ceredigion, Wales. As a community it consists of the townships of Capel Dewi, Horeb, Pontsian, Pren-gwyn, Tregroes, Rhydowen and the village of Llandysul itself. Llandysul lies in sout ...
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Llanedi
Llanedi () is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales. Once the name of a parish, Llanedi is now a community taking in the hamlet of Llanedi and the villages of Hendy, Fforest (suburbs of Pontarddulais) and Tycroes. The community popula ...
(Llanedy),
Llanegwad,
Llanelli,
Llanfair-ar-y-bryn,
Llanfallteg,
Llanfallteg West,
Llanfihangel Aberbythych,
Llanfihangel ar Arth,
Llanfihangel Rhos-y-Corn,
Llanfihangel-uwch-Gwili,
Llanfynydd,
Llangadog,
Llangain,
Llangathen,
Llangeler,
Llangennech,
Llanglydwen,
Llangunnor,
Llangyndeyrn,
Llangynin,
Llanllawddog,
Llanllwch,
Llanllwni,
Llanmiloe,
Llannon,
Llanpumsaint,
Llansadurnen,
Llansadwrn,
Llansaint,
Llansawel,
Llansteffan,
Llanwinio,
Llanwrda,
Llanybri,
Llanybydder,
Llwynhendy
M
Maesybont,
Manordeilo and Salem,
Meidrim,
Myddfai,
Mynyddcerrig,
Mynydd-y-Garreg
N
Nantgaredig,
Nantycaws,
Newcastle Emlyn (partially in Carmarthenshire),
Newchurch and Merthyr,
New Inn, Carmarthenshire, New Inn
P
Pantyffynnon,
Parc y Rhos,
Pemberton, Wales, Pemberton,
Pembrey and Burry Port Town,
Pencader, Carmarthenshire, Pencader,
Pencarreg,
Penceilogi,
Pendine,
Peniel, Carmarthenshire, Peniel,
Penrhiwgoch,
Pensarn,
Pentrecwrt,
Pentregwenlais,
Pen-y-graig, Carmarthenshire, Pen-y-graig,
Pen-y-groes, Carmarthenshire, Pen-y-groes,
Plashett,
Pontantwn,
Pont-ar-Gothi,
Pontarsais,
Ponthenri,
Pontwelli,
Pontyates,
Pontyberem,
Porthyrhyd,
Pumsaint,
Pwll,
Pwll Trap
Q
Quarter Bach
R
Red Roses,
Rhandirmwyn,
Rhos, Carmarthenshire, Rhos,
Rhosamman,
Rhydargaeau,
Rhydcymerau,
S
Sandy, Carmarthenshire, Sandy,
Saron, Carmarthenshire,
Saron,
St Clears,
St Ishmael, Carmarthenshire, St Ishmael,
Stradey,
Swiss Valley
T
Talley,
Talog, Carmarthenshire, Talog,
Trapp, Carmarthenshire, Trap (Trapp),
Trelech,
Trimsaran,
Tumble, Carmarthenshire, Tumble,
Tycroes
U
Upland Arms,
Upper Brynamman
W
Whitland
See also
*List of places in Carmarthenshire (categorised)
Populated places in Carmarthenshire, *
Lists of places in Wales, Carmarthenshire