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Merthyr Tydfil
Merthyr Vale

Merthyr Vale

Merthyr Vale is a linear village and community in the county borough of . Lying on the A4054 road it is on the east bank of the .
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  • Type: Village with 3,780 residents
  • Description: village in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales
  • Also known as: “Ynysowen”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Merthyr Vale railway station and Aberfan Cemetery.

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

Cemetery
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is a cemetery near the village of , Merthyr Tydfil. It is one of five cemeteries in , and is particularly well known for the graves of 144 victims of the Aberfan disaster in 1966, when a colliery coal tip collapsed and killed many people in the village of Aberfan.

Railway station
Photo: John Grayson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the village of in , . It is located on the Merthyr branch of the Merthyr Line. Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales. is situated 1½ miles north of Merthyr Vale.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aberfan and Bedlinog.

Village
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is a former coal mining village in the Taff Valley 4 mi south of the town of , . On 21 October 1966, in the disaster, a colliery spoil tip collapsed into homes and a school, killing 116 children and 28 adults.

Village
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is a village and community located in the Taff Bargoed valley, in the south of , Wales. It is 10 km north of , 10 km north west of and 10 km south east of .

Village
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is a village and community in the county borough of , . Its population at the 2011 census was 5,296. It features the . is situated 1½ miles north of Merthyr Vale.

Merthyr Vale

Latitude
51.68841° or 51° 41′ 18″ north
Longitude
-3.33621° or 3° 20′ 10″ west
Population
3,780
Elevation
479 feet (146 metres)
Open location code
9C3RMMQ7+9G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4462470095
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
12266702
Wiki­data ID
Q6820697
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Merthyr Vale” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Merthyr Vale”
  • Bengali: “মার্থার”
  • Breton: “Merthyr Vale”
  • Breton: “Ynysowen”
  • Cebuano: “Merthyr Vale”
  • Chinese: “梅特伊谷”
  • Cornish: “Ynys-wen”
  • Dutch: “Merthyr Vale”
  • French: “Merthyr Vale”
  • German: “Merthyr Vale”
  • Gujarati: “મેર્થીર વેલ”
  • Irish: “Ynysowen”
  • Japanese: “メーシアー・ベール”
  • Kannada: “ಮೆರ್ಥಿರ್ ವೇಲ್”
  • Korean: “머서 베일”
  • Lithuanian: “Merter Valė”
  • Portuguese: “Merthyr Vale”
  • Russian: “Мертир-Вейл”
  • Scots: “Merthyr Vale”
  • Scots: “Ynysowen”
  • Spanish: “Merthyr Vale”
  • Swedish: “Merthyr Vale”
  • Tamil: “மெரத்திற் வாலே”
  • Telugu: “మెర్థిర్ వేల్”
  • Urdu: “میرتھیر والی”
  • Welsh: “Ynysowen”
  • Welsh: “Ynyswen”

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