Aberfan

Aberfan is a former coal mining village in the Taff Valley 4 mi south of the town of , . On 21 October 1966, in the Aberfan disaster, a colliery spoil tip collapsed into homes and a school, killing 116 children and 28 adults.
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  • Type: Village with 3,550 residents
  • Description: village in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, UK
  • Also known as: “Aberfam”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aberfan Cemetery and Merthyr Vale railway station.

Cemetery
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is a cemetery near the village of Aberfan, Merthyr Tydfil. It is one of five cemeteries in , and is particularly well known for the graves of 144 victims of the Aberfan disaster in 1966, when a colliery coal tip collapsed and killed many people in the village of Aberfan.

Railway station
Photo: Duncan and Gareth Alderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the villages of and Aberfan in , . It is located on the Merthyr branch of the Merthyr Line. Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales.

School
is an 11–16 mixed secondary school in , , , Wales. Afon Tâf is the Welsh language name of the which flows past the school.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Merthyr Vale and Troed-y-rhiw.

Village
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is a linear village and community in the county borough of . Lying on the A4054 road it is on the east bank of the .

Village
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is a village and community in the county borough of , . Its population at the 2011 census was 5,296. It features the .

Town
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is a town and former community in the Cynon Valley, within the County Borough of , , with a population of 11,230 at the 2011 Census, estimated in 2019 at 11,339.

Aberfan

Latitude
51.6917° or 51° 41′ 30″ north
Longitude
-3.34616° or 3° 20′ 46″ west
Population
3,550
Elevation
430 feet (131 metres)
Open location code
9C3RMMR3+MG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4462470094
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2657821
Wiki­data ID
Q3244565
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Aberfan” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Aberfan”
  • Basque: “Aberfan”
  • Breton: “Aberfan”
  • Bulgarian: “Аберван”
  • Bulgarian: “Аберфан”
  • Catalan: “Aberfan”
  • Cebuano: “Aberaman”
  • Chinese: “艾伯凡鎮”
  • Czech: “Aberfan”
  • Dutch: “Aberfan”
  • Finnish: “Aberfan”
  • French: “Aberfan”
  • Galician: “Aberfan”
  • German: “Aberfan”
  • Hebrew: “אברפן”
  • Indonesian: “Aberfan”
  • Irish: “Aberfan”
  • Italian: “Aberfan”
  • Japanese: “アベルヴァン”
  • Persian: “ابرفان”
  • Polish: “Aberfan”
  • Russian: “Аберфан”
  • Scots: “Aberfan”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Aberfan”
  • Slovak: “Aberfan”
  • Spanish: “Aberfan (Merthyr Vale)”
  • Spanish: “Aberfan”
  • Swedish: “Aberfan”
  • Ukrainian: “Аберфан”
  • Vietnamese: “Aberfan”
  • Welsh: “Aberfan”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Capel Aberfan and Aberfan Methodist Church.

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