Llanfihangel_Aberbythych

Llanfihangel Aberbythych

Llanfihangel Aberbythych

Community in Carmarthenshire, Wales

Llanfihangel Aberbythych (Welsh pronunciationⓘ) is a community in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The population recorded at the 2011 census was 1,344.[1] It is bordered by Llangathen, Llandeilo, Dyffryn Cennen, Llandybie, Gorslas and Llanarthney, all of which are in Carmarthenshire. There is no village of Llanfihangel Aberbythych – the name is taken from St Michael's Church, which dates from 1849, at Golden Grove (Welsh: Gelli Aur), about 3 miles (5 km) south-west of Llandeilo. It now belongs to the Church in Wales parish of Catheiniog.[2] Villages include Carmel and Maesybont.

Llanfihangel Aberbythych countryside

Governance

An electoral ward of Carmarthenshire County Council with the same name exists. This stretches north from the village and holds a total population of 1,851.[3]

Notable person

References

  1. [1]
    "Community population 2011". Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  2. [2]
    Church in Wales
  3. [3]
    "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  4. [4]
    Davies, Ceri (2004). "Vaughan, Sir William (c. 1575–1641)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford, UK: OUP. Retrieved 6 August 2017.

51.835°N 4.064°W / 51.835; -4.064


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