Llandybie
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Village
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two miles north of Ammanford in Carmarthenshire
Carmarthenshire
Carmarthenshire is a unitary authority in the south west of Wales and one of thirteen historic counties. It is the 3rd largest in Wales. Its three largest towns are Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford...
, Wales
Wales
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The latest Ordnance Survey
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map the Grid reference
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at the centre of the village is SN 617 154. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001
United Kingdom Census 2001
A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....
the village is home to 3,800, while the community, which also includes the villages of Pen-y-groes
Pen-y-groes, Carmarthenshire
Pen-y-groes is a village in Carmarthenshire, South Wales. The Carmarthenshire village was well-known as the Headquarters of the Apostolic Church. The denomination hosted their International Convention in the Village every year from 1916-2002. The church moved its main office to Swansea in 2002 but...
, Penybanc, Capel Hendre, Caerbryn, Blaenau, Cwmgwili, Pentregwenlais and Saron
Saron, Carmarthenshire
Saron is a mining village near the town of Ammanford in Carmarthenshire, Wales....
has 8,800 inhabitants.
Llandybie hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1944. It benefits from a railway station on the Heart of Wales Line
Heart of Wales Line
The Heart of Wales Line is a railway line running from Craven Arms in Shropshire to Llanelli in South Wales. It runs, as the name suggests, through some of the heartlands of Wales. It serves a number of rural centres en route, including several once fashionable spa towns, including Llandrindod Wells...
. It has a primary school, Llandybie CP School, which is located in the North Easterly fringe of the village.
Llandybie was the first place in the world where the mineral Brammallite
Brammallite
Brammallite is a sodium rich analogue of illite. First described in 1943 for an occurrence in Llandybie, Carmarthenshire, Wales, it was named for British geologist and mineralogist Alfred Brammall ....
was found.
The village is served by Llandybie railway station
Llandybie railway station
Llandybie railway station serves the village of Llandybie near Ammanford, West Wales. The railway station is located below street level just off Kings Road. This is a convenient stop for Glynhir Estate and Glynhir Falls. Two miles from the station is the Llandybie 18-hole golf course.All trains...
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