Wales
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Abercynon

Abercynon

Abercynon is a village and community in the Cynon Valley within the unitary authority of , Wales. The community comprises the village and the districts of Carnetown and Grovers Field to the south, Navigation Park to the east, and Glancynon to the north.
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  • Type: Town with 5,980 residents
  • Description: village and community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales
  • Also known as: “Aberoynon”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Abercynon railway station and Quakers Yard railway station.

Railway station
Photo: nantcoly, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the village of Abercynon in the Cynon Valley, Wales. It is located on the Merthyr Line, 15.5 miles north of . Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales.

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

Pub
Photo: Colin Pyle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a pub.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ynysybwl and Quakers Yard.

Village
Photo: Nicholas Mutton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in . It is situated in the county borough of , roughly 15 miles north-north-west of , 4 miles north of and 16 miles south of , and forms part of the community of and Coed-y-Cwm.

Village
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
or Quaker's Yard is a village in the , situated where the Taff Bargoed Valley joins the Taff Valley. The settlement is part of the community of .

Village
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is a to the north of in , . It is also the name of an electoral ward. is situated 1½ miles south of Abercynon.

Abercynon

Latitude
51.6449° or 51° 38′ 42″ north
Longitude
-3.32837° or 3° 19′ 42″ west
Population
5,980
Elevation
276 feet (84 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB ACY
Open location code
9C3RJMVC+XM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 480285038
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2657837
Wiki­data ID
Q3404663
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Abercynon” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أبرسينون”
  • Basque: “Abercynon”
  • Bengali: “এবারসাইনন”
  • Breton: “Abercynon”
  • Bulgarian: “Аберкънон”
  • Catalan: “Abercynon”
  • Cebuano: “Abercynon”
  • Chinese: “Abercynon”
  • Chinese: “阿伯塞农”
  • Chinese: “阿伯塞農”
  • Cornish: “Abercynon”
  • Dutch: “Abercynon”
  • French: “Abercynon”
  • German: “Abercynon”
  • Gujarati: “એબરસાયનોન”
  • Hebrew: “אברסינון”
  • Irish: “Abercynon”
  • Italian: “Abercynon”
  • Japanese: “アバーサイノン”
  • Kannada: “ಅಬರ್ಸಿಯಾನ್”
  • Korean: “아베르시논”
  • Lithuanian: “Abersinonas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Abercynon”
  • Persian: “ابرسینون”
  • Portuguese: “Abercynon”
  • Russian: “Аберкинон”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Abercynon”
  • Silesian: “Abercynon”
  • Spanish: “Abercynon”
  • Swedish: “Abercynon”
  • Tamil: “அபேரசினான்”
  • Telugu: “అబెర్సైనొన్,”
  • Urdu: “ابیرکینون”
  • Welsh: “Abercynon”

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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 “Abercynon”. Photo: Darren Wyn Rees, CC BY 3.0.