Lampeter
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Location within Ceredigion | |
Population | 2,970 (2011)[1] |
OS grid reference | SN578478 |
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Preserved county | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | LAMPETER |
Postcode district | SA48 |
Dialling code | 01570 |
Police | Dyfed-Powys |
Fire | Mid and West Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
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Lampeter (/ˈlæmpətər/; Welsh: Llanbedr Pont Steffan (formal); Llambed (colloquial)) is a town, community and electoral ward in Ceredigion, Wales, at the confluence of the Afon Dulas with the River Teifi. It is the third largest urban area in Ceredigion, after Aberystwyth and Cardigan, and has a campus of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. At the 2011 Census, the population was 2,970. Lampeter is the smallest university town in the United Kingdom. The university adds approximately 1,000 people to the town's population during term time.