Ammanford

Ammanford (Welsh: Rhydaman) is the fourth largest town in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales with a population 5,299 according to the 2001 census. Ammanford town is the main shopping centre for many villages in the surrounding area.

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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 20.5% in Wales as a whole.

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Ammanford took its current name on November 20, 1880. The community that existed then and now known as Ammanford dates back to around the early 1800s. At that time the main highways went through the area, not to it. The north-south road from Llandeilo and Llandybie went to Betws, and the east-west road from the Amman Valley went to Penybanc and Tycroes and further afield, both converging at a crossroads (now Ammanford Square). This in turn led to the development of coaching or staging inns and taverns catering for the needs of the traveller. The area eventually became identified by the name of one of these hostelries - Cross Inn.

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