Llangennech

infobox UK place
country = Wales
constituency_welsh_assembly=
map_type=
official_name= Llangennech
unitary_wales= Carmarthenshire
population= 4,510 (2001 census) [ [http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=3&b=5939723&c=Llangennech&d=14&e=16&g=416696&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1213825233037&enc=1 Office for National Statistics] ]
lieutenancy_wales= Dyfed
constituency_westminster= Llanelli
post_town= LLANELLI
postcode_district = SA14
postcode_area= SA
dial_code= 01554
os_grid_reference= SN505005
OldMapsYear= 1891
OldMapsEasting= 250500
OldMapsNorthing= 200500
OldMapsCounty= 10carma451

Llangennech is a village in the area of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, West Wales, United Kingdom.

It is governed by Carmarthenshire County Council and Llanelli Rural council. It falls in the Llanelli parliament Constituency. Llangennech is also the name of an electoral ward coterminous with the village and has its own community council.

Llangennech also have a strong rugby union team, Llangennech RFC, that feed many players into Llanelli RFC and then on to the Llanelli Scarlets regional rugby union team.

The town is served by Llangennech railway station on the Heart of Wales Line with trains to Swansea to the south and Shrewsbury to the north.

Notable residents

* Huw Edwards, BBC news presenter lived in the village during his youth.
* Rhys Gabe, Welsh international rugby player was born in Llangennech.

External links

* [http://www.llangennech.org.uk/ Official Website]
* [http://www.llanelli-rural.gov.uk Llanelli Rural Council]
* [http://www.sirgar.gov.uk/ Carmarthenshire County Council]
* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=2737955 www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Llangennech and surrounding area]

References