Carmarthen
Carmarthen is the county town of Carmarthenshire in South Wales, UK. Although the town lacks an abundance of tourist attractions, if your journey takes you past then consider taking a break here.
- Type: Town with 14,200 residents
- Description: county town and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales
- Also known as: “Caermarthen”, “Camarthen”, “Maridunum”, “קרפרד’ין”, and “カマーゼン”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Carmarthen Castle and Carmarthen railway station.
Carmarthen railway station
Railway station
Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llangunnor and Abergwili.
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Village
Carmarthen
- Categories: market town, community, and locality
- Location: Carmarthenshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.8591° or 51° 51′ 33″ north
Longitude
-4.3116° or 4° 18′ 42″ west
Population
14,200
Elevation
75 feet (23 metres)
Open location code
9C3QVM5Q+M9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Carmarthen” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كارماذن”
- Asturian: “Caerfyrddin”
- Basque: “Carmarthen”
- Belarusian: “Кармартэн”
- Bengali: “কার্মাদেন”
- Breton: “Caerfyrddin”
- Bulgarian: “Кармартън”
- Catalan: “Caerfyrddin”
- Catalan: “Carmarthen”
- Cebuano: “Carmarthen”
- Chinese: “卡馬森”
- Chinese: “卡马森”
- Cornish: “Karvyrdhin”
- Czech: “Carmarthen”
- Dutch: “Carmarthen”
- Esperanto: “Caerfyrddin”
- Finnish: “Caerfyrddin”
- Finnish: “Carmarthen”
- French: “Carmarthen”
- Galician: “Caerfyrddin”
- German: “Carmarthen”
- Greek: “Κάρμαρθεν”
- Gujarati: “કાર્માર્થેન”
- Hebrew: “קרמרת’ן”
- Indonesian: “Caerfyrddin”
- Irish: “Caerfyrddin”
- Italian: “Carmarthen”
- Japanese: “カーマーゼン”
- Kannada: “ಕಾರ್ಮರ್ಥೆನ್”
- Korean: “카마던”
- Latin: “Moridunum Demetarum”
- Latvian: “Karmārtena”
- Lithuanian: “Karmardenas”
- Livvi: “Caerfyrddin”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Carmarthen”
- Northern Frisian: “Carmarthen”
- Northern Sami: “Caerfyrddin”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Carmarthen”
- Norwegian: “Carmarthen”
- Polish: “Carmarthen”
- Portuguese: “Carmarthen”
- Russian: “Кармартен”
- Scots: “Caerfyrddin”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Caerfyrddin”
- Slovak: “Carmarthen”
- Slovenian: “Carmarthen”
- Spanish: “Carmarthen”
- Swedish: “Carmarthen”
- Tamil: “கார்மத்தேன்”
- Telugu: “కార్మర్థెన్”
- Ukrainian: “Кармартен”
- Urdu: “کارمارتھین”
- Vietnamese: “Carmarthen”
- Võro: “Caerfyrddin”
- Welsh: “Caerfyrddin”
- Western Frisian: “Carmarthen”
- “Carmarthen”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Cwmoernant and Johnstown.
Carmarthenshire: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Llanelli and Ammanford.
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