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Merthyr Tydfil
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Merthyr Tydfil

Merthyr Tydfil is a town and County Borough in South Wales in the historic county of on the southern edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park.
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  • Type: Town with 43,800 residents
  • Description: town in Wales
  • Also known as: “Merthyr Tudful”, “Merthyr-Tydvil”, and “Mertyr Tydfil”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Merthyr Tydfil railway station and Joseph Parry’s Cottage.

Railway station
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serves the town of Merthyr Tydfil in . It is the northern terminus of the Merthyr branch of the Merthyr Line. Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales.

Museum
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Joseph Parry's Cottage, also known as 4 Chapel Row, is a cottage located in Merthyr Tydfil, in South . Built in the early 19th century for ironworkers, the cottage is best known as the birthplace of the famous Welsh composer Joseph Parry.

University
is a further education college located in Merthyr Tydfil, . From May 2006 to April 2013, it was a constituent college of the University of Glamorgan and thereafter, a college of the University of South Wales.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gurnos and Abercanaid.

Suburb
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is a community of in , United Kingdom. It consists principally of the Estate. The population in 2011 was 5,280.

Village
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is a small village in the county borough of , , , United Kingdom with a population of about 5,060. It is situated 2.5 miles south of Merthyr town centre and west of , across the and north of Troedyrhiw.

Suburb
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is a village and community of the county borough of , in . The name is derived from the Welsh du meaning 'black' and glais meaning 'stream'.

Merthyr Tydfil

Latitude
51.7456° or 51° 44′ 44″ north
Longitude
-3.3786° or 3° 22′ 43″ west
Population
43,800
Elevation
610 feet (186 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB MET
Open location code
9C3RPJWC+6H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 89056717
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2642705
Wiki­data ID
Q752762
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Merthyr Tydfil” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Merthyr Tudful”
  • Asturian: “Merthyr Tydfil”
  • Basque: “Merthyr Tudful”
  • Basque: “Merthyr Tydfil”
  • Breton: “Merthyr Tudful (kontelezh)”
  • Breton: “Merthyr Tudful”
  • Bulgarian: “Мърдър Тидфил”
  • Catalan: “Merthyr Tudful”
  • Cebuano: “Merthyr Tudful”
  • Cebuano: “Merthyr Tydfil”
  • Chinese: “梅瑟蒂德菲尔”
  • Chinese: “梅瑟蒂德菲尔地区”
  • Chinese: “梅瑟蒂德菲爾地區”
  • Czech: “Merthyr Tudful”
  • Czech: “Merthyr Tydfil”
  • Danish: “Merthyr Tudful”
  • Danish: “Merthyr Tydfil”
  • Dutch: “Merthyr Tudful”
  • Dutch: “Merthyr Tydfil”
  • Estonian: “Merthyr Tudful”
  • Estonian: “Merthyr Tydfil”
  • Finnish: “Merthyr Tudful”
  • Finnish: “Merthyr Tydfil”
  • French: “Merthyr Tudful”
  • French: “Merthyr Tydfil”
  • Galician: “Merthyr Tudful”
  • Galician: “Merthyr Tydfil”
  • German: “Merthyr Tudful”
  • German: “Merthyr Tydfil”
  • Hebrew: “מרת’ר טידוויל”
  • Hebrew: “מרתיר טידוויל”
  • Indonesian: “Merthyr Tudful”
  • Indonesian: “Merthyr Tydfil”
  • Irish: “Merthyr Tudful”
  • Italian: “Merthyr Tudful”
  • Italian: “Merthyr Tydfil”
  • Japanese: “マーサー・ティドビル”
  • Korean: “머서티드빌 주”
  • Korean: “머서티드빌”
  • Latvian: “Mērtirtidvila”
  • Lithuanian: “Merter Tidvilis”
  • Lithuanian: “Merthyr Tudful”
  • Lithuanian: “Merthyr Tydfil”
  • Manx: “Co-chorp Coontae Verthyr Tudful”
  • Manx: “Merthyr Tudful”
  • Northern Frisian: “Merthyr Tudful”
  • Northern Frisian: “Merthyr Tydfil”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Merthyr Tudful”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Merthyr Tydfil”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Merthyr Tudful”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Merthyr Tydfil”
  • Norwegian: “Merthyr Tydfil”
  • Persian: “مرثر تیدویل”
  • Polish: “Merthyr Tudful”
  • Polish: “Merthyr Tydfil”
  • Portuguese: “Merthyr Tudful”
  • Portuguese: “Merthyr Tydfil”
  • Romanian: “Merthyr Tudful”
  • Romanian: “Merthyr Tydfil”
  • Russian: “Мертир Тидвил”
  • Russian: “Мертир Тидфил”
  • Russian: “Мертир-Тидвил”
  • Scots: “Merthyr Tudful”
  • Scots: “Merthyr Tydfil”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Merthyr Tudful”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Merthyr Tydfil”
  • Silesian: “Merthyr Tydfil”
  • Slovenian: “Merthyr Tudful”
  • Slovenian: “Merthyr Tydfil”
  • Spanish: “Merthyr Tudful”
  • Spanish: “Merthyr Tydfil”
  • Swedish: “Merthyr Tydfil”
  • Swedish: “Merthyr”
  • Tatar: “Мөртер-Тидвил”
  • Ukrainian: “Мертір-Тідвіл”
  • Vietnamese: “Merthyr Tudful”
  • Welsh: “Merthyr Tudful”

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