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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  • Village with 3,550 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 430 feet (131 metres)
  • …is also known as “Aberfam”
  • Description: village in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, UK

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aberfan Cemetery and Merthyr Vale railway station.
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is a cemetery near the village of Aberfan, Merthyr Tydfil.
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serves the villages…
is an 11–16 mixed secondary…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Merthyr Vale and Troed-y-rhiw.
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is a linear village and community in the county borough of .
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is a village and community in the county borough of , .
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is a town and former community in the…

Aberfan

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Latitude
51.6917° or 51° 41′ 30″ north
Longitude
-3.34616° or 3° 20′ 46″ west
Open location code
9C3RMMR3+MG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4462470094
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2657821
Wiki­data ID
Q3244565

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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”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Capel Aberfan and Aberfan Methodist Church.

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