Blaenycoed
Encyclopedia
Blaenycoed, or Blaen-y-coed is a village
situated between Carmarthen
and Newcastle Emlyn
in the West of Wales
.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
situated between Carmarthen
Carmarthen
Carmarthen is a community in, and the county town of, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is sited on the River Towy north of its mouth at Carmarthen Bay. In 2001, the population was 14,648....
and Newcastle Emlyn
Newcastle Emlyn
Newcastle Emlyn is a town straddling the counties of Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire in west Wales and lying on the River Teifi.Adpar is the part of the town that lies on the Ceredigion side of the River Teifi...
in the West of Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
.
General information
The small village contains a chapel, a postbox, a phonebox and a few small farms. The name "Blaen-y-coed" literally translated into English means "Head-of-a-wood."Statistics
- Average age - 42
- Average commute (in miles) - 16.2
- Gender ratio (female/male) - 0.99
- Population in good health - 65.2%
- Students - 1.8%