Ammanford

Ammanford (Welsh: Rhydaman) is a town and community in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales, with a population 5,293 according to the Office of National Statistics (2001). Located at the end of the Amman Valley, Ammanford is an ex-mining town and serves as the main shopping centre for many villages in the surrounding area. According to the 2001 census, 75.88% of the population are competent in the Welsh language, compared to roughly 55% in Carmarthenshire as a whole and 21.8% in Wales as a whole. Ammanford is served by the A483 and A474 roads and the local railway station is a stop on the Heart of Wales Line with trains to Swansea to the south and Shrewsbury to the north. Ammanford is twinned with Breuillet, Essonne. Ammanford took its...