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Aberdare

Cwmdare

Cwmdare 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 .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Cwmdar County Primary School and Aberdare Cemetery.

School
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cemetery
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church
Photo: Aberdare Blog, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bryn Seion, Trecynon was a Calvinistic Methodist chapel in Mill Street, , Aberdare, Wales. Services at Bryn Seion were conducted in the Welsh language until it became a Baptist chapel in 1970.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Trecynon and Penywaun.

Village
Photo: Darren Wyn Rees, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village near , situated in the Cynon Valley, , Wales. It dates from the early nineteenth century and developed as a result of the opening of the Aberdare Ironworks at in 1800.

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 small village and community north of the Cwm Cynon, near the town of , , Wales, with a population of 1,302 as of 2011 census.

Cwmdare

Latitude
51.72138° or 51° 43′ 17″ north
Longitude
-3.4735° or 3° 28′ 25″ west
Elevation
696 feet (212 metres)
Open location code
9C3RPGCG+HH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7402855832
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3345322
Wiki­data ID
Q5197238
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Cwmdare” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Cwmdare”
  • Dutch: “Cwmdare”
  • French: “Cwmdare”
  • Irish: “Cwmdâr”
  • Welsh: “Cwmdâr”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Maesgwyn Special School and Cwmdare Post Office.

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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 “Cwmdare”. Photo: Aberdare Blog, CC BY-SA 2.0.