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Llanelly
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| Village andcommunity | |
  Llanelly Location withinMonmouthshire | |
| Principal area | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Gwent |
| Fire | South Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
51°49′35″N3°06′57″W / 51.82652°N 3.11579°W /51.82652; -3.11579  Map of the community | |
Llanelly (Welsh:Llanelli) is a village,community, andparish in the county ofMonmouthshire,South East Wales. It formerly existed in the historic county ofBrecknockshire. The population of the community and ward at the2011 census was 3,899.[1] TheBrecon Beacons National Park encompasses the parish and the surrounding area.
The community lies in theClydach Gorge. It is bisected by theHeads of the Valleys Road, and lies betweenBrynmawr in the west andAbergavenny in the east.
The main settlements of the community are: Llanelly Hill, Blackrock,Clydach, Maesygwartha andGilwern. Llanelly Hill is the north-west hilltop of theClydach Gorge. It developed as a result of coal mining and limestone quarrying for the nearby ironworks which included theClydach Ironworks and further west, theEbbw Vale Ironworks.
Blackrock and Clydach North (which is also referred to as 'Cheltenham') were built up along the turnpike road that ran on the north side of the river betweenGovilon andMerthyr Tydfil. Clydach South developed on the south side of the river above the ironworks. It climbs the north-west slopes towards Llanelly Hill.
Gilwern is located at the mouth of theRiver Clydach, where it meets theRiver Usk. Maesygwartha lies between Clydach and Gilwern along one of the many tramroads in the gorge.
TheChurch of St Elli dates from the 14th century or earlier. In the 1890s the highest part of the parish, the southwest, was transferred into the newurban district ofBrynmawr.[2] Subsequently, from the local government reorganisation of 1974 until that of 1996, the community was part of the district ofBlaenau Gwent. However, the electors overwhelmingly voted to be transferred out of the district.
Theelectoral ward of Llanelly Hill is coterminous with the Llanelly community and elects one county councillor toMonmouthshire County Council.[3]
Llanelly, a former Welsh gold-mining town nearTarnagulla, Australia
