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Rhondda Cynon Taf
Hirwaun

Hirwaun

Hirwaun is a village and community at the north end of the Cynon Valley in the County Borough of , . It is 4 miles NW of the town of , and comes under the Aberdare post town.
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  • Type: Village with 7,250 residents
  • Description: village and community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK
  • Also known as: “Hirwain”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hirwaun Library and Brynygaer Cemetery.

Library
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cemetery
Photo: Gareth James, CC BY-SA 2.0.

School
is a Welsh-medium secondary comprehensive school with a sixth form in the Cynon Valley in the village of , , , to the northwest of the town of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Penywaun and Penderyn.

Village
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is a community, electoral ward and north-western suburb of in the Cynon Valley within the county borough of , Wales. At the 2011 census, the population of the ward was registered as 3,063.

Village
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is a rural village in the Cynon Valley, , Wales, located near Hirwaun. The name is a combination of two Welsh words: pen, which means "head" or "end", and deryn, a contracted form of aderyn, "bird". is situated 2 miles north of Hirwaun.

Village
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is a village very close to , in , Wales. The village's history is intertwined with coal-mining, and since the decline of the industry in the 1980s, it has become primarily a commuter base for the larger surrounding towns of Aberdare and and , as well as the cities of and . is situated 2 miles southeast of Hirwaun.

Hirwaun

Latitude
51.74033° or 51° 44′ 25″ north
Longitude
-3.51263° or 3° 30′ 46″ west
Population
7,250
Elevation
620 feet (189 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB HWU
Open location code
9C3RPFRP+4W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 252130173
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2646830
Wiki­data ID
Q5771888
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Hirwaun” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Hirwaun”
  • Bengali: “হিরবাউন”
  • Breton: “Hirwaun”
  • Catalan: “Hirwaun”
  • Cebuano: “Hirwaun”
  • Chinese: “Hirwaun”
  • Chinese: “希尔文”
  • Chinese: “希爾文”
  • Cornish: “Hirwaun”
  • Czech: “Hirwaun”
  • Dutch: “Hirwaun”
  • French: “Hirwaun”
  • Galician: “Hirwaun”
  • German: “Hirwaun”
  • Gujarati: “હિરવૌન”
  • Irish: “Hirwaun”
  • Japanese: “ハイアーワーン”
  • Kannada: “ಹಿರ್ವಾನ್”
  • Korean: “허원”
  • Lithuanian: “Hirvaunas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hirwaun”
  • Persian: “هیروان، ولز”
  • Persian: “هیروان”
  • Polish: “Hirwaun”
  • Portuguese: “Hirwaun”
  • Russian: “Хирваун”
  • Scots: “Hirwaun”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Hirwaun”
  • Spanish: “Hirwaun”
  • Swedish: “Hirwaun”
  • Tamil: “ஹிர்வாயின்”
  • Telugu: “హిర్వాన్”
  • Urdu: “ہیرواون”
  • Welsh: “Hirwaun”

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