Abercarn
Abercarn is a town and community in Caerphilly county borough, Wales. It is 10 miles northwest of Newport on the A467 between Cwmcarn and Newbridge, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire.Photo: RAY JONES, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 5,350 residents
- Description: town and community in Caerphilly County Borough, Wales
- Also known as: “Aberearne”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Abercarn Library and Cwmcarn High School.
Cwmcarn High School
School
Cwmcarn High School was a school in the village of Cwmcarn, in South East Wales. The school taught years 7–13. There were approximately 400 students attending CHS, including the 6th form, prior to its closure.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cwmcarn and Crumlin.
Cwmcarn
Village
Photo: Darius Khan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cwmcarn is a village situated in the Ebbw valley in south Wales, in the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It grew with 19th-century coal mining, but is now known for its extensive mature forestry and greenery, that attract thousands of visitors and mountain biking enthusiasts each year.
Crumlin
Village
Photo: phil matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crumlin is a town, community and electoral ward in Caerphilly county borough in South Wales. It is situated in the Ebbw River valley, 5 miles west of Pontypool, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. Crumlin is situated 2 miles north of Abercarn.
Swffryd
Village
Photo: phil matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Swffryd is a Welsh community on the boundary of Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council. Swffryd is situated 2 miles north of Abercarn.
Abercarn
- Categories: town, community, and locality
- Location: Abercarn, Caerphilly County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.65072° or 51° 39′ 3″ northLongitude
-3.1345° or 3° 8′ 4″ westPopulation
5,350Elevation
338 feet (103 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB ABCOpen location code
9C3RMV28+76OpenStreetMap ID
node 708584614OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Abercarn” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أبيركارن”
- Asturian: “Abercarn”
- Basque: “Abercarn”
- Bengali: “এবারকার্ন”
- Breton: “Abercarn”
- Bulgarian: “Аберкарн”
- Catalan: “Abercarn”
- Cebuano: “Abercarn”
- Chinese: “Abercarn”
- Chinese: “阿伯卡恩”
- Chinese: “阿巴卡恩”
- Cornish: “Abercarn”
- Dutch: “Abercarn”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ابيركارن”
- French: “Abercarn”
- German: “Abercarn”
- Gujarati: “એબરકાર્ન”
- Irish: “Abercarn”
- Italian: “Abercarn”
- Japanese: “アバーカーン”
- Kannada: “ಅಬರ್ಕಾರ್ನ್”
- Korean: “애버칸”
- Lithuanian: “Aberkarnas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Abercarn”
- Persian: “ابرکارن”
- Polish: “Abercarn”
- Portuguese: “Abercarn”
- Russian: “Аберкарн”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Abercarn”
- Spanish: “Abercarn”
- Swedish: “Abercarn”
- Tamil: “அபேர்க்காரன்”
- Telugu: “అబెర్కార్న్”
- Ukrainian: “Аберкорн”
- Urdu: “ابیرکارن”
- Welsh: “Aber-carn”
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