Llantarnam

Llantarnam

infobox UK place
country = Wales
welsh_name=
constituency_welsh_assembly=
map_type=
official_name= Llantarnam
unitary_wales= Torfaen
lieutenancy_wales= Gwent
constituency_westminster= Torfaen
post_town= CWMBRAN
postcode_district = NP44
postcode_area= NP
dial_code= 01633
os_grid_reference= ST305935
population= 4,688

Llantarnam is a suburb of Cwmbran in the county borough of Torfaen in southeast Wales.

Llantarnam Abbey is a Cistercian abbey founded in 1179 as a daughter house of Strata Florida Abbey. The remains of that abbey are incorporated into the present buildings housing the Sisters of Saint Joseph. [http://www.geocities.com/ssjannecy1/pageone.html]

Llantarnam Hall is home to Rougemont School [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/325513] .

The local secondary school is Llantarnam School.

Demographics

At the 2001 Census
*Population 4688 (Torfaen 90,949)
*47.4% Male, 52.6% Female
*Ages
**17.8% aged between 0-15
**33.3% aged between 16-44
**20.9% aged 45-59/64
**28.0% of pensionable age

External links

* [http://www.artnetdirectory.co.uk/home/galleries/search/llantarnam/llantarnam.htm Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre] (in Cwmbran town centre)


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