Llangynwyd Lower

Llangynwyd Lower
Coytrahen
Llangynwyd Lower is located in Bridgend
Llangynwyd Lower
Llangynwyd Lower
Location within Bridgend
Population440 [1]
OS grid referenceSS870855
Community
  • Llangynwyd Lower
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBRIDGEND
Postcode districtCF32
Dialling code01656
PoliceSouth Wales
FireSouth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Bridgend
51°33′28″N 3°37′51″W / 51.557709°N 3.630937°W / 51.557709; -3.630937

Llangynwyd Lower is a community in Bridgend County Borough, south Wales. It is located to the north west of Bridgend and contains the village of Coytrahen. At the 2001 census, the population of the community was 467,[2] reducing to 440 at the 2011 Census.

The community is the southern part of the old parish of Llangynwyd, and was created by government reorganization in 1974. The majority of Llangynwyd Lower is made up of hilly farmland and is sparsely populated. The western border of the community is a woodland valley, while the eastern border roughly follows the River Llynfi and the A4063 road.

  1. ^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  2. ^ Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel; Menna, Baines; Lynch, Peredur I., eds. (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 499. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.

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