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Carmarthen

Carmarthen is the county town of in , UK. Although the town lacks an abundance of tourist attractions, if your journey takes you past then consider taking a break here.
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  • Type: Town with 14,200 residents
  • Description: county town and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales
  • Also known as: “Caerfyrddin” and “Caermarthen”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Carmarthen Castle and Carmarthen railway station.

Castle
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a ruined castle in Carmarthen, West Wales, UK. First built by Walter, Sheriff of Gloucester in the early 1100s, the castle was captured and destroyed on several occasions before being rebuilt in stone during the 1190s.

Railway station
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is a stop on the West Wales Line, serving the town of Carmarthen, Wales. It is sited south of the River Towy, 245 miles 55 chains from , on the route via .

Hospital
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, previously known as West Wales General Hospital, is a general hospital in Carmarthen, Wales. It is managed by Hywel Dda University Health Board.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abergwili and Llangunnor.

Village
Photo: Nigel Callaghan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and community in , Wales, near the confluence of the rivers Towy and , close to the town of Carmarthen. It is also an electoral ward.

Suburb
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is a village and community located in , Wales. It is the southern suburb of Carmarthen town and consists mainly of suburban housing which has expanded in recent years.

Village
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is a village and community in the county of , Wales, situated about three miles north of Carmarthen in the valley of the . is situated 3 miles north of Carmarthen.

Carmarthen

Latitude
51.8591° or 51° 51′ 33″ north
Longitude
-4.3116° or 4° 18′ 42″ west
Population
14,200
Elevation
75 feet (23 metres)
Named after
Moridunum
United Nations Location Code
GB CMR
Open location code
9C3QVM5Q+M9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 21413062
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2653755
Wiki­data ID
Q835835
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Carmarthen” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كارماذن”
  • Asturian: “Caerfyrddin”
  • Basque: “Caerfyrddin”
  • Basque: “Carmarthen”
  • Belarusian: “Кармартэн”
  • Bengali: “কার্মাদেন”
  • Breton: “Caerfyrddin”
  • Breton: “Carmarthen”
  • Bulgarian: “Кармартън”
  • Catalan: “Caerfyrddin”
  • Catalan: “Carmarthen”
  • Cebuano: “Carmarthen”
  • Chinese: “Carmarthen”
  • Chinese: “卡馬森”
  • Chinese: “卡马森”
  • Cornish: “Caerfyrddin”
  • Cornish: “Karvyrdhin”
  • Czech: “Carmarthen”
  • Dutch: “Carmarthen”
  • Esperanto: “Caerfyrddin”
  • Esperanto: “Carmarthen”
  • Finnish: “Caerfyrddin”
  • Finnish: “Carmarthen”
  • French: “Carmarthen”
  • Galician: “Caerfyrddin”
  • German: “Caerfyrddin”
  • German: “Carmarthen”
  • Greek: “Κάρμαρθεν”
  • Gujarati: “કાર્માર્થેન”
  • Hebrew: “קרמרת’ן”
  • Hebrew: “קרפרד’ין”
  • Indonesian: “Caerfyrddin”
  • Indonesian: “Carmarthen”
  • Irish: “Caerfyrddin”
  • Italian: “Carmarthen”
  • Japanese: “カーマーゼン”
  • Japanese: “カマーゼン”
  • Kannada: “ಕಾರ್ಮರ್ಥೆನ್”
  • Korean: “카마던”
  • Latin: “Maridunum”
  • Latin: “Moridunum Demetarum”
  • Latvian: “Karmārtena”
  • Lithuanian: “Karmardenas”
  • Livvi: “Caerfyrddin”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Carmarthen”
  • Northern Frisian: “Carmarthen”
  • Northern Sami: “Caerfyrddin”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Caerfyrddin”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Carmarthen”
  • Norwegian: “Carmarthen”
  • Polish: “Carmarthen”
  • Portuguese: “Carmarthen”
  • Russian: “Кармартен”
  • Scots: “Caerfyrddin”
  • Scots: “Carmarthen”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Caerfyrddin”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Carmarthen”
  • Slovenian: “Carmarthen”
  • Spanish: “Carmarthen”
  • Swedish: “Caerfyrddin”
  • Swedish: “Carmarthen”
  • Tamil: “கார்மத்தேன்”
  • Telugu: “కార్మర్థెన్”
  • Ukrainian: “Кармартен”
  • Urdu: “کارمارتھین”
  • Vietnamese: “Carmarthen”
  • Võro: “Caerfyrddin”
  • Welsh: “Caerfyrddin”
  • Welsh: “Camarthen”
  • Western Frisian: “Carmarthen”
  • “Caerfyrddin”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Carmarthen”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.