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Ceremonial County West Glamorgan

West Glamorgan is a former administrative county in South Wales. It is now a preserved county. West Glamorgan was one of the divisions of the ancient county of .
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  • Type: County with 365,000 residents
  • Description: preserved county and former administrative county of Wales, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Gorllewin Morgannwg”, “Gorllewin Morgannwg / West Glamorgan”, and “West Glamorgan”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Margan and Port Talbot Parkway railway station.

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Margam Abbey was a Cistercian monastery, located in the of , a suburb of modern in .

Railway station
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is a railway station in , . The station is located at street level near Station Road in Port Talbot town centre. It is 202 miles 59 chains from .

Stadium
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The is a sports stadium located in central , , with a maximum capacity of 8,000. The ground is home to Welsh rugby union team Aberavon RFC, and the Wales women's national team.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Port Talbot and Aberavon.

Photo: Kevin Corcoran, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an industrial town in . It is located in the county borough of Neath , part of the traditional county of and has a population of around 32,000.

Suburb
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is a town and community in county borough, . The town derived its name from being near the mouth of the , which also gave its name to a medieval lordship.

Village
Photo: Cedwyn Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, also known as Cwmavon, is a large village and community in the in , lying within . It had a population of 6,538 in 2011, increasing slightly to 5,615 at the 2011 Census.

Ceremonial County West Glamorgan

Latitude
51.5833° or 51° 35′ north
Longitude
-3.75° or 3° 45′ west
Population
365,000
Elevation
728 feet (222 metres)
Open location code
9C3RH7M2+82
Open­Street­Map ID
node 302324068
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
2634411
Wiki­data ID
Q166803
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Satellite Map

Discover Ceremonial County West Glamorgan from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Breton to Welsh—“Ceremonial County West Glamorgan” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Gorllewin Morgannwg”
  • Catalan: “West Glamorgan”
  • Chinese: “Sai Glamorgan Kūn”
  • Chinese: “西格拉摩根郡”
  • Dutch: “West Glamorgan”
  • French: “Glamorgan-de-l’Ouest”
  • French: “West Glamorgan”
  • German: “West Glamorgan”
  • Irish: “Gorllewin Morgannwg”
  • Italian: “West Glamorgan”
  • Japanese: “ウェストグラモーガン州”
  • Korean: “웨스트글러모건주”
  • Latvian: “Rietumglamorgana”
  • Manx: “Gorllewin Morgannwg”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sai Glamorgan Kūn”
  • Northern Frisian: “West Glamorgan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “West Glamorgan”
  • Norwegian: “West Glamorgan”
  • Portuguese: “West Glamorgan”
  • Russian: “Уэст-Гламорган”
  • Slovenian: “West Glamorgan”
  • Spanish: “Glamorgan del Oeste”
  • Swedish: “West Glamorgan”
  • Turkish: “West Glamorgan”
  • Ukrainian: “Західний Гламорган”
  • Urdu: “مغربی گلامورگن”
  • Venetian: “West Glamorgan”
  • Welsh: “Gorllewin Morgannwg”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mynydd Brombil and Our Lady of Margam.

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