Llansawel is a village and

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Carmarthenshire Carmarthenshire (; or informally ') is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the South West Wales, south-west of Wales. The three largest towns are Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford. Carmarthen is the county town and administrative centre. ...

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, about ten miles north of

Llandeilo Llandeilo () is a town and Community (Wales), community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, situated where the River Towy is crossed by the A483 road, A483 on a 19th-century stone bridge. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census the community had ...

. It covers an area of . The community is bordered by the communities of:

Pencarreg Pencarreg () is a village and Community (Wales), community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales, to the south-west of Lampeter. Settlement is primarily grouped around the A485 road from Lampeter to Carmarthen, the primary settlement being Cwmann. ...

;

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 community at the United Kingdom Ce ...

;

Talley Talley (, historically ) is a village and Community (Wales), community in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The population taken at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census was 494. The community is bordered by the communities of: Llansawel; Cynwyl ...

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Llanfynydd Llanfynydd is a village, parish and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The community population at the 2011 census was 499. It lies some 10 miles (16 km) north-east of the county town, Carmarthen. Bordering it are the communities of Llansaw ...

; Llanfihangel Rhos-y-Corn; and

Llanybydder Llanybydder (, formerly spelt ''Llanybyther'', is a market town and Community (Wales), community straddling the River Teifi in Carmarthenshire, West Wales. At the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census, the population of the community was 1638 ...

, all being in Carmarthenshire. Llansawel's population was 438, according to the 2011 census; a 6.1% increase since the 413 people noted in

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. The 2011 census showed 47.9% of the population could speak

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, a fall from 60.8% in 2001.

Notable people

John Williams John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932)Nylund, Rob (November 15, 2022)Classic Connection review, ''WBOI'' ("For the second time this year, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic honored American composer, conductor, and arranger John Williams, who w ...

(died 1613), Principal of

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, from 1602 to 1613 and also

Dean of Bangor Bangor Cathedral () is the cathedral church of Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales. It is dedicated to its founder, Saint Deiniol. The site of the present building of Bangor Cathedral has been in use as a place of Christian worship since the sixth century. ...

. * Griffith Powell (1561–1620), a philosopher and Principal of

, from 1613 to 1620. * DJ Williams (1885–1970), Welsh-language writer and Plaid Cymru co-founder

References

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