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Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen

Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen is a village and community in the county borough of . In South West Wales, it was historically a part of and is in the most Welsh-speaking part of .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Amman Valley Hospital and Old Bethel Chapel.

Hospital
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is a community hospital in , Wales. It is managed by the Hywel Dda University Health Board. is situated 2 miles northwest of Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 2 miles northwest of Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen.

Quarry
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was a coal mine in the River Amman valley at Pwllfawatkin, 4 miles north of and 13 miles north of , West Wales. is situated 2 miles south of Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brynamman and Glanamman.

Town
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is a village on the south side of the , part of the . The village is split into Upper and by the River Amman, which is also the boundary between the counties of and .

Village
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is a mining village in the valley of the River Amman in , . has long been a stronghold of the Welsh language; village life is largely conducted in Welsh.

Village
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is a mining village in the valley of the River Amman in , Wales, north of . Like the neighbouring village of it experienced a coal-mining boom in the 19th and early 20th centuries, but the last big colliery closed in 1936 and coal has been extracted fitfully since then.

Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen

Latitude
51.79° or 51° 47′ 24″ north
Longitude
-3.8809° or 3° 52′ 51″ west
Population
4,220
Elevation
620 feet (189 metres)
Open location code
9C3RQ4Q9+XM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 331794955
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7297562
Wiki­data ID
Q5623368
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen”
  • Bengali: “গোয়ান-কে-গুরবেন”
  • Breton: “Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen”
  • Catalan: “Gwauncaegurwen”
  • Cebuano: “Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen”
  • Chinese: “Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen”
  • Chinese: “关凯古尔文”
  • Chinese: “關凱古爾文”
  • Cornish: “Gwauncaegurwen”
  • Dutch: “Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen”
  • French: “Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen”
  • German: “Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen”
  • Gujarati: “ગ્વાઉન-સાએ-ગુર્વેન”
  • Irish: “Gwauncaegurwen”
  • Italian: “Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen”
  • Japanese: “グウェイン・ケイ・ガーウェイン”
  • Japanese: “グウォイン＝カー＝ゲーワン”
  • Kannada: “ಗ್ವಾನ್-ಕೇ-ಗುರ್ವೆನ್”
  • Korean: “그웬-캐-거윈”
  • Lithuanian: “Gvan Kaė Gurvenas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen”
  • Persian: “گوآن کا گورن”
  • Portuguese: “Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen”
  • Russian: “Гаун-Ка-Гарвен”
  • Scots: “Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Gwauncaegurwen”
  • Spanish: “Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen”
  • Swedish: “Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen”
  • Tamil: “கவுன்-காய்-குறுவென்”
  • Telugu: “గ్వాన్-కే-గుర్వెన్”
  • Urdu: “جواون-کای-جوروین”
  • Welsh: “Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen”
  • Welsh: “Gwauncaegurwen”

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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 “Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen”. Photo: Geraint Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.