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Community in Carmarthenshire, Wales
For the former pit village near Aberdare, see
Cwmaman
.
Cwmamman
is a
community
in
Carmarthenshire
, about 12 miles north of
Swansea
in southwest
Wales
. Literally meaning "Amman valley", it takes its name from the
River Amman
which runs through the area.
Cwmamman was the original name of the valley. As coal-mining boomed during the late 19th century two adjoining villages grew up in the valley, known as
Glanamman
to the west and
Garnant
to the east. The distinction was promoted by having two stations on the
Llanelly Railway
built in 1840, Garnant (originally called Amman Valley) and Glanamman. Until 1912 the area straddled the parishes of
Betws
to the south of the river and
Llandeilo
north of the river. In 1912 an
urban district
was established covering Glanamman and Garnant, under the name Cwmamman.
[1]
The Cwmamman area now has much smaller population than in its heyday at the turn of the 20th century. The actual population for the community at the
2011 census
was 4,486.
[2]
Christchurch, the only
Commissioners' church
in southwest Wales was built in Garnant in 1839?42.
[3]
In contrast, four Methodist chapels were constructed in Glanamman before St Margaret's church was built in 1933.
Cwmamman is 78.47%
Welsh
speaking and lies at the foot of the
Black Mountain
. The community is bordered by the communities of:
Betws
;
Llandybie
;
Dyffryn Cennen
; and
Quarter Bach
, all being in Carmarthenshire; and by
Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen
and
Pontardawe
in
Neath Port Talbot
.
Cwmamman Urban District was abolished in 1974, with the area becoming instead a
community
.
[4]
District-level functions passed to
Dinefwr Borough Council
, which was in turn replaced by
Carmarthenshire County Council
in 1996.
[5]
[6]
The two
Carmarthenshire County Council
electoral wards covering the community are called Garnant and
Glanamman
, each electing one county councillor.
[7]
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