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Ammanford ( Welsh: Rhydaman ⓘ) is a town and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, with a population of 5,411 at the 2011 census. [1] It is a former coal mining town. The built-up area had a population of 7,945 [2] with the wider urban area even bigger.
- 5,411 (2011 census)
- Wales
- AMMANFORD
- Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Contents. hide. Beginning. Twin towns. Ammanford. The Quay Street in Ammanford. Ammanford ( Welsh: Rhydaman) is a town in Carmarthenshire, Wales. In 2011, 5,411 people lived there. It was a coal mining town.
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Home. Places. Amman Valley & the Black Mountain. One of Carmarthenshire’s principal towns, Ammanford was once the heartland of the mining community in West Wales. ‘Following the Seam’, a 6-metre-high sandstone sculpture by Howard Bowcott, stands in the town centre as a tribute to the area’s contribution to the coal industry.
Place names. Ammanford, Carmarthenshire. Click on the map for other historical maps of this place. In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ammanford like this: CROSS INN, a village in Llandebie parish, Carmarthen; on the Garnant branch of the Llanelly and Vale of Towy railway, 13 miles NNE of Llanelly.
Carmarthenshire (/ k ər ˈ m ɑːr ð ən ʃ ər,-ʃ ɪər /; Welsh: Sir Gaerfyrddin [siːr gɑːɨrˈvərðɪn] or informally Sir Gâr) is a county in the south-west of Wales. The three largest towns are Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford. Carmarthen is the county town and administrative centre.
Ammanford is the third largest town in Carmarthenshire, with a population 12,615 recorded at the 2001 census. Ammanford town is the main shopping centre for many villages in the surrounding area.
