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Vale of Glamorgan
St. Athan

St Athan

St Athan is a village and community in the in . The village and its are dedicated to Saint Tathan. The church dates to the 13th–14th century, though an earlier church was dated to the Norman period.
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  • Type: Village with 4,170 residents
  • Description: village and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK
  • Also known as: “Sain Tathan” and “Saint Athans”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Tathan’s Church and St Athan Library.

Church
Photo: cowbridgeguide.co.uk, CC BY 3.0.
St Tathan's Church is a medieval church in St. Athan, in the , . It is dedicated to Saint Tathan. The building's origins are probably 12th century, but there is little evidence of any 12th-century fabric remaining.

Library
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pub
Photo: cowbridgeguide.co.uk, CC BY 3.0.
is a pub.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gileston and Llancadle.

Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village near West in the on the coast of .

Hamlet
Photo: Peter Wasp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a rural village south-west of near in the , in . is located near the international airport for , Cardiff International Airport.

Village
Photo: Richard Knights, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village in the in south . It is located 8.5 miles northwest by road from the town centre of . It contains the Church of St.

St Athan

Latitude
51.4021° or 51° 24′ 8″ north
Longitude
-3.41466° or 3° 24′ 53″ west
Population
4,170
Elevation
105 feet (32 metres)
IATA airport code
DGX
United Nations Location Code
GB SIH
Open location code
9C3RCH2P+R4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7442915043
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2638854
Wiki­data ID
Q3400328
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“St Athan” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “St Athan”
  • Bengali: “সেন্ট এথান”
  • Cebuano: “St. Athan”
  • Chinese: “St Athan”
  • Chinese: “圣安东”
  • Chinese: “聖安東”
  • Dutch: “Saint Athan”
  • French: “St Athan”
  • German: “St. Athan”
  • Gujarati: “સેન્ટ એથન”
  • Irish: “Sain Tathan”
  • Italian: “St Athan”
  • Japanese: “セイント・アセン”
  • Kannada: “ಸೇಂಟ್ ಅಥಾನ್”
  • Korean: “세인트 아탄”
  • Lithuanian: “Sant Atanas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “St Athan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “St. Athan”
  • Portuguese: “St Athan”
  • Russian: “Сент-Атан”
  • Spanish: “St. Athan”
  • Swedish: “St. Athan”
  • Tamil: “ஸ்ட அதான்”
  • Telugu: “సెయింట్ అథాన్”
  • Urdu: “سینٹ اٹھان”
  • Uzbek: “Aziz Atan”
  • Welsh: “Sain Tathan”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “St Athan”. Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.