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href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%88%D1%8B%D1%80" title="Кармартэншыр – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Кармартэншыр" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D1%8A%D0%BD%D1%88%D1%8A%D1%80" title="Кармартъншър – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Кармартъншър" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Gaerfyrddin" title="Sir Gaerfyrddin – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Sir Gaerfyrddin" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Gaerfyrddin" title="Sir Gaerfyrddin – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Sir Gaerfyrddin" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmarthenshire" title="Carmarthenshire – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Carmarthenshire" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmarthenshire" title="Carmarthenshire – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Carmarthenshire" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Gaerfyrddin" title="Sir Gaerfyrddin – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Sir Gaerfyrddin" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmarthenshire" title="Carmarthenshire – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Carmarthenshire" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmarthenshire" title="Carmarthenshire – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Carmarthenshire" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmarthenshire" title="Carmarthenshire – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Carmarthenshire" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmarthenshire" title="Carmarthenshire – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Carmarthenshire" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%B1" title="کارمارتنشر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کارمارتنشر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmarthenshire" title="Carmarthenshire – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Carmarthenshire" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Gaerfyrddin" title="Sir Gaerfyrddin – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Sir Gaerfyrddin" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Gaerfyrddin" title="Sir Gaerfyrddin – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Sir Gaerfyrddin" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Gaerfyrddin" title="Sir Gaerfyrddin – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Sir Gaerfyrddin" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B9%B4%EB%A7%88%EB%8D%98%EC%85%94" title="카마던셔 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="카마던셔" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B0" title="कार्मार्थनशायर – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="कार्मार्थनशायर" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmarthenshire" title="Carmarthenshire – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Carmarthenshire" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%AA%27%D7%A0%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A8" title="קרמרת'נשייר – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קרמרת'נשייר" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmarthenshire" title="Carmarthenshire – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Carmarthenshire" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmarthenshire" title="Carmarthenshire – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Carmarthenshire" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maridunensis_comitatus" title="Maridunensis comitatus – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Maridunensis comitatus" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karmarten%C5%A1yras" title="Karmartenšyras – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Karmartenšyras" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmarthenshire" title="Carmarthenshire – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Carmarthenshire" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC" title="カーマーゼンシャー – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="カーマーゼンシャー" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li 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hreflang="fi" data-title="Carmarthenshire" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmarthenshire" title="Carmarthenshire – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Carmarthenshire" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmarthenshire" title="Carmarthenshire – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Carmarthenshire" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%80" 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.ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Carmarthenshire</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native"><span title="Welsh-language text"><i lang="cy">Sir Gaerfyrddin</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a>)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Principal_areas_of_Wales" title="Principal areas of Wales">County</a> and <a href="/wiki/Historic_counties_of_Wales" title="Historic counties of Wales">historic county</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Guildhall_Square,_Carmarthen.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Guildhall Square and Carmarthen Guildhall"><img alt="Guildhall Square and Carmarthen Guildhall" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Guildhall_Square%2C_Carmarthen.jpg/250px-Guildhall_Square%2C_Carmarthen.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Guildhall_Square%2C_Carmarthen.jpg/375px-Guildhall_Square%2C_Carmarthen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Guildhall_Square%2C_Carmarthen.jpg/500px-Guildhall_Square%2C_Carmarthen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="413" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Guildhall Square and <a href="/wiki/Carmarthen_Guildhall" title="Carmarthen Guildhall">Carmarthen Guildhall</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div 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class="infobox-full-data">Motto(s): <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a>: <i lang="cy">Rhyddid Gwerin Ffyniant Gwlad</i>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'the freedom of the people is the prosperity of the country'</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Carmarthenshire_UK_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Carmarthenshire shown within Wales"><img alt="Carmarthenshire shown within Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Carmarthenshire_UK_location_map.svg/250px-Carmarthenshire_UK_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Carmarthenshire_UK_location_map.svg/375px-Carmarthenshire_UK_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Preserved_counties_of_Wales" title="Preserved counties of Wales">Preserved county</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dyfed" title="Dyfed">Dyfed</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Incorporated</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Local_Government_(Wales)_Act_1994" title="Local Government (Wales) Act 1994">1 April 1996</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Administrative<span class="nowrap"> </span>HQ</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/County_Hall,_Carmarthen" title="County Hall, Carmarthen">County Hall, Carmarthen</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-Council_leadership_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Council_leadership-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Wales#Principal_councils" title="Local government in Wales">Principal council</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Carmarthenshire_County_Council" title="Carmarthenshire County Council">Carmarthenshire County Council</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Political_make-up_of_local_councils_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Political make-up of local councils in the United Kingdom">Control</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MPs</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>2 MPs</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Ann_Davies_(politician)" title="Ann Davies (politician)">Ann Davies</a> (<a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">PC</a>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Nia_Griffith" title="Nia Griffith">Nia Griffith</a> (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">L</a>) </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Senedd" title="Member of the Senedd">MSs</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>3 MSs</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Kurtz" title="Samuel Kurtz">Samuel Kurtz</a> (<a href="/wiki/Welsh_Conservatives" title="Welsh Conservatives">C</a>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Adam_Price" title="Adam Price">Adam Price</a> (<a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">PC</a>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Lee_Waters" title="Lee Waters">Lee Waters</a> (<a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">L</a>) </li></ul> </div> +4 <a href="/wiki/Mid_and_West_Wales_(Senedd_electoral_region)" title="Mid and West Wales (Senedd electoral region)">regional members</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-popstats_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-popstats-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">920 sq mi (2,370 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Welsh_principal_areas" title="List of Welsh principal areas">3rd</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2022)<sup id="cite_ref-popstats_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-popstats-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">189,117</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Welsh_principal_areas" title="List of Welsh principal areas">4th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">200/sq mi (80/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh language</a> <span style="font-weight:normal;">(<a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_census" title="2021 United Kingdom census">2021</a>)</span><div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Speakers</th><td class="infobox-data">39.9%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Welsh_principal_areas_by_percentage_Welsh_language" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Welsh principal areas by percentage Welsh language">4th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B0" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+0">UTC+0</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time" title="Greenwich Mean Time">GMT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (<a href="/wiki/British_Summer_Time" title="British Summer Time">BST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:GB" title="ISO 3166-2:GB">GB-CMN</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/GSS_coding_system" title="GSS coding system">GSS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">W06000010</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales">www<wbr />.carmarthenshire<wbr />.gov<wbr />.wales</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Carmarthenshire</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'">ər</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/ɑːr/: 'ar' in 'far'">ɑːr</span><span title="/ð/: 'th' in 'this'">ð</span><span title="/ən/: 'on' in 'button'">ən</span><span title="/ʃ/: 'sh' in 'shy'">ʃ</span><span title="/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'">ər</span></span>,<span class="wrap"> </span>-<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ʃ/: 'sh' in 'shy'">ʃ</span><span title="/ɪər/: 'ear' in 'near'">ɪər</span></span>/</a></span></span>;<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a>: <i lang="cy">Sir Gaerfyrddin</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="cy-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Welsh" title="Help:IPA/Welsh">[siːr<span class="wrap"> </span>gɑːɨrˈvərðɪn]</a></span> or informally <i><span title="Welsh-language text"><i lang="cy">Sir Gâr</i></span></i>) is a <a href="/wiki/Principal_areas_of_Wales" title="Principal areas of Wales">county</a> in the <a href="/wiki/South_West_Wales" title="South West Wales">south-west</a> of <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>. The three largest towns are <a href="/wiki/Llanelli" title="Llanelli">Llanelli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carmarthen" title="Carmarthen">Carmarthen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ammanford" title="Ammanford">Ammanford</a>. Carmarthen is the <a href="/wiki/County_town" title="County town">county town</a> and administrative centre. The county is known as the "Garden of Wales" and is also home to the <a href="/wiki/National_Botanic_Garden_of_Wales" title="National Botanic Garden of Wales">National Botanic Garden of Wales</a>. </p><p>Carmarthenshire has been inhabited since prehistoric times. The county town was founded by the Romans, and the region was part of the Kingdom of <a href="/wiki/Deheubarth" title="Deheubarth">Deheubarth</a> in the <a href="/wiki/High_Middle_Ages" title="High Middle Ages">High Middle Ages</a>. After invasion by the <a href="/wiki/Normans" title="Normans">Normans</a> in the 12th and 13th centuries it was <a href="/wiki/Conquest_of_Wales_by_Edward_I" title="Conquest of Wales by Edward I">subjugated</a>, along with other parts of Wales, by <a href="/wiki/Edward_I_of_England" title="Edward I of England">Edward I of England</a>. There was further unrest in the early 15th century, when the Welsh rebelled under <a href="/wiki/Owain_Glynd%C5%B5r" title="Owain Glyndŵr">Owain Glyndŵr</a>, and during the <a href="/wiki/English_Civil_War" title="English Civil War">English Civil War</a>. </p><p>Carmarthenshire is mainly an agricultural county, apart from the southeastern part which was once heavily industrialised with coal mining, steel-making and tin-plating. In the north of the county, the woollen industry was very important in the 18th century. The economy depends on agriculture, forestry, fishing and tourism. West Wales was identified in 2014 as the worst-performing region in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> along with the <a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Valleys" title="South Wales Valleys">South Wales Valleys</a> with the decline in its industrial base, and the low profitability of the livestock sector.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Carmarthenshire, as a tourist destination, offers a wide range of outdoor activities. Much of the coast is fairly flat; it includes the <a href="/wiki/Millennium_Coastal_Park" title="Millennium Coastal Park">Millennium Coastal Park</a>, which extends for 10 miles (16 km) to the west of Llanelli; the <a href="/wiki/WWT_Llanelli_Wetlands_Centre" title="WWT Llanelli Wetlands Centre">National Wetlands Centre</a>; a championship golf course; and the harbours of Burry Port and <a href="/wiki/Pembrey" title="Pembrey">Pembrey</a>. The sandy beaches at Llansteffan and Pendine are further west. Carmarthenshire has a number of medieval castles, <a href="/wiki/Hillfort" title="Hillfort">hillforts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Menhir" title="Menhir">standing stones</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Dylan_Thomas_Boathouse" title="Dylan Thomas Boathouse">Dylan Thomas Boathouse</a> is at <a href="/wiki/Laugharne" title="Laugharne">Laugharne</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carmarthenshire&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Stone_tool" title="Stone tool">Stone tools</a> found in <a href="/wiki/Coygan_Cave" title="Coygan Cave">Coygan Cave</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Laugharne" title="Laugharne">Laugharne</a> indicate the presence of <a href="/wiki/Hominins" class="mw-redirect" title="Hominins">hominins</a>, probably <a href="/wiki/Neanderthals" class="mw-redirect" title="Neanderthals">neanderthals</a>, at least 40,000 years ago,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though, as in the rest of the <a href="/wiki/British_Isles" title="British Isles">British Isles</a>, continuous habitation by <a href="/wiki/Modern_humans" class="mw-redirect" title="Modern humans">modern humans</a> is not known before the end of the <a href="/wiki/Younger_Dryas" title="Younger Dryas">Younger Dryas</a>, around 11,500 years <a href="/wiki/Before_Present" title="Before Present">BP</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before the <a href="/wiki/Roman_army" title="Roman army">Romans</a> arrived in Britain, the land now forming the county of Carmarthenshire was part of the kingdom of the <a href="/wiki/Demetae" title="Demetae">Demetae</a> who gave their name to the county of <a href="/wiki/Dyfed" title="Dyfed">Dyfed</a>; it contained one of their chief settlements, <a href="/wiki/Moridunum_(Carmarthen)" title="Moridunum (Carmarthen)">Moridunum</a>, now known as <a href="/wiki/Carmarthen" title="Carmarthen">Carmarthen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lewis_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lewis-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Romans established two forts in South Wales, one at <a href="/wiki/Caerwent" title="Caerwent">Caerwent</a> to control the southeast of the country, and one at Carmarthen to control the southwest. The fort at Carmarthen dates from around 75 AD, and there is a <a href="/wiki/Roman_amphitheatre" title="Roman amphitheatre">Roman amphitheatre</a> nearby, so this probably makes Carmarthen the oldest continually occupied town in Wales.<sup id="cite_ref-Grigg_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Grigg-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Carmarthenshire has its early roots in the region formerly known as <span title="Welsh-language text"><i lang="cy"><a href="/wiki/Ystrad_Tywi" title="Ystrad Tywi">Ystrad Tywi</a></i></span> ('Vale of [the river] Tywi') and part of the Kingdom of <span title="Welsh-language text"><i lang="cy"><a href="/wiki/Deheubarth" title="Deheubarth">Deheubarth</a></i></span> during the High Middle Ages, with the <a href="/wiki/Capital_city" title="Capital city">court</a> at <a href="/wiki/Dinefwr_Castle" title="Dinefwr Castle">Dinefwr</a>. After the Normans had subjugated England they tried to subdue Wales. Carmarthenshire was disputed between the Normans and the Welsh lords and many of the castles built around this time, first of wood and then stone, changed hands several times.<sup id="cite_ref-Grigg_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Grigg-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the <a href="/wiki/Conquest_of_Wales_by_Edward_I" title="Conquest of Wales by Edward I">Conquest of Wales by Edward I</a>, the region was reorganized by the <a href="/wiki/Statute_of_Rhuddlan" title="Statute of Rhuddlan">Statute of Rhuddlan</a> in 1284 into Carmarthenshire.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Edward_I_of_England" title="Edward I of England">Edward I</a> made Carmarthen the capital of this new county, establishing his courts of chancery and his exchequer there, and holding the <a href="/wiki/Court_of_Great_Sessions_in_Wales" title="Court of Great Sessions in Wales">Court of Great Sessions in Wales</a> in the town.<sup id="cite_ref-Lewis_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lewis-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Normans transformed Carmarthen into an international trading port, the only <a href="/wiki/Staple_right" title="Staple right">staple port</a> in Wales. Merchants imported food and French wines and exported wool, pelts, leather, lead and tin. In the late medieval period the county's fortunes varied, as good and bad harvests occurred, increased taxes were levied by England, there were episodes of <a href="/wiki/Bubonic_plague" title="Bubonic plague">plague</a>, and recruitment for wars removed the young men. Carmarthen was particularly susceptible to plague as it was brought in by flea-infested rats on board ships from southern France.<sup id="cite_ref-Grigg_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Grigg-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1405, <a href="/wiki/Owain_Glynd%C5%B5r" title="Owain Glyndŵr">Owain Glyndŵr</a> captured <a href="/wiki/Carmarthen_Castle" title="Carmarthen Castle">Carmarthen Castle</a> and several other strongholds in the neighbourhood. However, when his support dwindled, the principal men of the county returned their allegiance to <a href="/wiki/Henry_V_of_England" title="Henry V of England">King Henry V</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lewis_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lewis-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/English_Civil_War" title="English Civil War">English Civil War</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roundhead" title="Roundhead">Parliamentary forces</a> under Colonel Roland Laugharne besieged and captured Carmarthen Castle but later abandoned the cause, and joined the <a href="/wiki/Cavalier" title="Cavalier">Royalists</a>. In 1648, Carmarthen Castle was recaptured by the Parliamentarians, and <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell" title="Oliver Cromwell">Oliver Cromwell</a> ordered it to be slighted.<sup id="cite_ref-Lewis_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lewis-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Radnor_Brecknok_Cardigan_Caermarden_Map.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Radnor_Brecknok_Cardigan_Caermarden_Map.jpg/250px-Radnor_Brecknok_Cardigan_Caermarden_Map.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Radnor_Brecknok_Cardigan_Caermarden_Map.jpg/375px-Radnor_Brecknok_Cardigan_Caermarden_Map.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Radnor_Brecknok_Cardigan_Caermarden_Map.jpg/500px-Radnor_Brecknok_Cardigan_Caermarden_Map.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8685" data-file-height="6722" /></a><figcaption>Hand-drawn map of Radnorshire, Brecknockshire, Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire by Christopher Saxton in 1578</figcaption></figure> <p>The first industrial canal in Wales was built in 1768 to convey coal from the Gwendraeth Valley to the coast, and the following year, the earliest tramroad bridge was on the tramroad built alongside the canal.<sup id="cite_ref-Grigg_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Grigg-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars" title="Napoleonic Wars">Napoleonic Wars</a> (1799–1815) there was increased demand for coal, iron and agricultural goods, and the county prospered. The landscape changed as much woodland was cleared to make way for more food production, and mills, power stations, mines and factories sprang up between <a href="/wiki/Llanelli" title="Llanelli">Llanelli</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pembrey" title="Pembrey">Pembrey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Grigg_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Grigg-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Carmarthenshire was at the centre of the <a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Riots" title="Rebecca Riots">Rebecca Riots</a> around 1840, when local farmers and agricultural workers dressed as women and rebelled against higher taxes and tolls.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carmarthenshire&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Llyn_y_Fan_Fawr.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Llyn_y_Fan_Fawr.jpg/220px-Llyn_y_Fan_Fawr.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Llyn_y_Fan_Fawr.jpg/330px-Llyn_y_Fan_Fawr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Llyn_y_Fan_Fawr.jpg/440px-Llyn_y_Fan_Fawr.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Llyn y Fan Fawr, below <a href="/wiki/Fan_Brycheiniog" title="Fan Brycheiniog">Fan Brycheiniog</a> in the Black Mountain</figcaption></figure> <p>The county is bounded to the north by <a href="/wiki/Ceredigion" title="Ceredigion">Ceredigion</a>, to the east by <a href="/wiki/Powys" title="Powys">Powys</a> (historic county <a href="/wiki/Brecknockshire" title="Brecknockshire">Brecknockshire</a>), <a href="/wiki/Neath_Port_Talbot" title="Neath Port Talbot">Neath Port Talbot</a> (historic county <a href="/wiki/Glamorgan" title="Glamorgan">Glamorgan</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Swansea" title="Swansea">Swansea</a> (also Glamorgan), to the south by the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Channel" title="Bristol Channel">Bristol Channel</a> and to the west by <a href="/wiki/Pembrokeshire" title="Pembrokeshire">Pembrokeshire</a>. Much of the county is upland and hilly. The <a href="/wiki/Black_Mountain_(range)" title="Black Mountain (range)">Black Mountain range</a> dominates the east of the county, with the lower foothills of the <a href="/wiki/Cambrian_Mountains" title="Cambrian Mountains">Cambrian Mountains</a> to the north across the valley of the <a href="/wiki/River_Towy" title="River Towy">River Towy</a>. The south coast contains many fishing villages and sandy beaches. The highest point (<a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_of_England_and_Wales_in_1964_by_highest_point" title="List of counties of England and Wales in 1964 by highest point">county top</a>) is the minor summit of <a href="/wiki/Fan_Brycheiniog#Fan_Foel" title="Fan Brycheiniog">Fan Foel</a>, height 781 metres (2,562 ft), which is a subsidiary top of the higher mountain of <a href="/wiki/Fan_Brycheiniog" title="Fan Brycheiniog">Fan Brycheiniog</a>, height 802.5 metres (2,633 ft) (the higher summit, as its name suggests, is actually across the border in Brecknockshire/Powys). Carmarthenshire is the largest historic county by area in Wales.<sup id="cite_ref-Atlas_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Atlas-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The county is drained by several important rivers which flow southwards into the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Channel" title="Bristol Channel">Bristol Channel</a>, especially the River Towy, and its several tributaries, such as the <a href="/wiki/River_Cothi" class="mw-redirect" title="River Cothi">River Cothi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Atlas_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Atlas-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Towy is the longest river flowing entirely within Wales.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other rivers include the <a href="/wiki/River_Loughor" title="River Loughor">Loughor</a> (which forms the eastern boundary with <a href="/wiki/Glamorgan" title="Glamorgan">Glamorgan</a>), the <a href="/wiki/River_Gwendraeth" title="River Gwendraeth">River Gwendraeth</a> and the <a href="/wiki/River_Taf" title="River Taf">River Taf</a>. The <a href="/wiki/River_Teifi" title="River Teifi">River Teifi</a> forms much of the border between Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion, and there are a number of towns in the Teifi Valley which have communities living on either side of the river and hence in different counties. Carmarthenshire has a long coastline which is deeply cut by the estuaries of the Loughor in the east and the Gwendraeth, Tywi and Taf, which enter the sea on the east side of <a href="/wiki/Carmarthen_Bay" title="Carmarthen Bay">Carmarthen Bay</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Atlas_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Atlas-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The coastline includes notable beaches such as <a href="/wiki/Pendine_Sands" title="Pendine Sands">Pendine Sands</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cefn_Sidan" title="Cefn Sidan">Cefn Sidan</a> sands, and large areas of foreshore are uncovered at low tide along the Loughor and Towy estuaries.<sup id="cite_ref-FBM_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FBM-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Towy_valley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_520962.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/The_Towy_valley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_520962.jpg/220px-The_Towy_valley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_520962.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/The_Towy_valley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_520962.jpg/330px-The_Towy_valley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_520962.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/The_Towy_valley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_520962.jpg/440px-The_Towy_valley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_520962.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/River_Towy" title="River Towy">Towy Valley</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The principal towns in the county are <a href="/wiki/Ammanford" title="Ammanford">Ammanford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Burry_Port" title="Burry Port">Burry Port</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carmarthen" title="Carmarthen">Carmarthen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kidwelly" title="Kidwelly">Kidwelly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llanelli" title="Llanelli">Llanelli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llandeilo" title="Llandeilo">Llandeilo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_Emlyn" title="Newcastle Emlyn">Newcastle Emlyn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llandovery" title="Llandovery">Llandovery</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_Clears" title="St Clears">St Clears</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Whitland" title="Whitland">Whitland</a>. The principal industries are agriculture, forestry, fishing and tourism. Although Llanelli is by far the largest town in the county, the county town remains Carmarthen, mainly due to its central location.<sup id="cite_ref-Atlas_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Atlas-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Carmarthenshire is predominantly an agricultural county, with only the southeastern area having any significant amount of industry. The best agricultural land is in the broad Tywi Valley, especially its lower reaches.<sup id="cite_ref-Lloyd_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lloyd-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With its fertile land and agricultural produce, Carmarthenshire is known as the "Garden of Wales".<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lowest bridge over the river is at Carmarthen, and the Towi Estuary cuts the southwesterly part of the county, including <a href="/wiki/Llansteffan" title="Llansteffan">Llansteffan</a> and Laugharne, off from the more urban southeastern region. This area is also bypassed by the main communication routes into Pembrokeshire.<sup id="cite_ref-Lloyd_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lloyd-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A passenger ferry service used to connect <a href="/wiki/Ferryside" title="Ferryside">Ferryside</a> with Llansteffan until the early part of the twentieth century.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carmarthenshire&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Iron_works_at_Llanelly.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Iron_works_at_Llanelly.jpeg/220px-Iron_works_at_Llanelly.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Iron_works_at_Llanelly.jpeg/330px-Iron_works_at_Llanelly.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Iron_works_at_Llanelly.jpeg/440px-Iron_works_at_Llanelly.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="627" /></a><figcaption>Etching of ironworks near <a href="/wiki/Llanelli" title="Llanelli">Llanelli</a> by <a href="/wiki/John_George_Wood" title="John George Wood">John George Wood</a>, 1811</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Allt-y-Cafan_Mill_and_Weir,_Pentrecwrt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Allt-y-Cafan_Mill_and_Weir%2C_Pentrecwrt.jpg/220px-Allt-y-Cafan_Mill_and_Weir%2C_Pentrecwrt.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Allt-y-Cafan_Mill_and_Weir%2C_Pentrecwrt.jpg/330px-Allt-y-Cafan_Mill_and_Weir%2C_Pentrecwrt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Allt-y-Cafan_Mill_and_Weir%2C_Pentrecwrt.jpg/440px-Allt-y-Cafan_Mill_and_Weir%2C_Pentrecwrt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="477" /></a><figcaption>Allt-y-cafan Mill beside the <a href="/wiki/River_Teifi" title="River Teifi">River Teifi</a> from which it got its power</figcaption></figure> <p>Agriculture and forestry are the main sources of income over most of the county of Carmarthenshire. On improved pastures, dairying is important and in the past, the presence of the railway enabled milk to be transported to the urban areas of England.<sup id="cite_ref-FBM_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FBM-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The creamery at <a href="/wiki/Whitland" title="Whitland">Whitland</a> is now closed but milk processing still takes place at Newcastle Emlyn where <a href="/wiki/Mozzarella" title="Mozzarella">mozzarella</a> cheese is made.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On upland pastures and marginal land, livestock rearing of cattle and sheep is the main agricultural activity.<sup id="cite_ref-Lloyd_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lloyd-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The estuaries of the Loughor and Towy provide pickings for the <a href="/wiki/Cerastoderma_edule" class="mw-redirect" title="Cerastoderma edule">cockle</a> industry.<sup id="cite_ref-FBM_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FBM-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Llanelli, Ammanford and the upper parts of the Gwendraeth Valley are situated on the <a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Coalfield" title="South Wales Coalfield">South Wales Coalfield</a>. The opencast mining activities in this region have now ceased but the old mining settlements with terraced housing remain, often centred on their <a href="/wiki/Nonconformist_(Protestantism)" title="Nonconformist (Protestantism)">nonconformist</a> chapels. <a href="/wiki/Kidwelly" title="Kidwelly">Kidwelly</a> had a <a href="/wiki/Tinning" title="Tinning">tin-plating</a> industry in the eighteenth century, with Llanelli following not long after, so that by the end of the nineteenth century, Llanelli was the world-centre of the industry. There is little trace of these industrial activities today. Llanelli and <a href="/wiki/Burry_Port" title="Burry Port">Burry Port</a> served at one time for the export of <a href="/wiki/Coal" title="Coal">coal</a>, but trade declined, as it did from the ports of Kidwelly and Carmarthen as their estuaries silted up. Country towns in the more agricultural part of the county still hold regular markets where livestock is traded.<sup id="cite_ref-Lloyd_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lloyd-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the north of the county, in and around the Teifi Valley, there was a thriving woollen industry in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Here water-power provided the energy to drive the looms and other machinery at the <a href="/wiki/Textile_manufacturing" title="Textile manufacturing">mills</a>. The village of <a href="/wiki/Dre-fach_Felindre" title="Dre-fach Felindre">Dre-fach Felindre</a> at one time contained twenty-four mills and was known as the "Huddersfield of Wales". The demand for woollen cloth declined in the twentieth century and so did the industry.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, West Wales was identified as the worst-performing region in the United Kingdom along with the South Wales Valleys. The <a href="/wiki/Gross_value_added" title="Gross value added">gross value added</a> economic indicator showed a figure of £14,763 per head in these regions, as compared with a GVA of £22,986 for <a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Vale_of_Glamorgan" title="Vale of Glamorgan">Vale of Glamorgan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Welsh Assembly Government is aware of this, and helped by government initiatives and local actions, opportunities for farmers to diversify have emerged. These include farm tourism, rural crafts, specialist food shops, farmers' markets and added-value food products.<sup id="cite_ref-Nienaber_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nienaber-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015, in an attempt to boost the local economy, Carmarthenshire County Council produced a fifteen-year plan that highlighted six projects which it hoped would create five thousand new jobs. The sectors involved would be in the "creative industries, tourism, agri-food, advanced manufacturing, energy and environment, and financial and professional services".<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_government">Local government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carmarthenshire&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Local government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Carmarthenshire_County_Council" title="Carmarthenshire County Council">Carmarthenshire County Council</a></div> <p>Under the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1888" title="Local Government Act 1888">Local Government Act 1888</a>, Carmarthenshire became an <a href="/wiki/Administrative_county" title="Administrative county">administrative county</a> with a <a href="/wiki/County_council" title="County council">county council</a> taking over functions from the <a href="/wiki/Quarter_Sessions" class="mw-redirect" title="Quarter Sessions">Quarter Sessions</a>. Under the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1972" title="Local Government Act 1972">Local Government Act 1972</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-lga1972_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lga1972-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the administrative county of Carmarthenshire was abolished on 1 April 1974 and the area of Carmarthenshire became three districts within the new county of <a href="/wiki/Dyfed" title="Dyfed">Dyfed</a> : <a href="/wiki/Carmarthen_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Carmarthen (district)">Carmarthen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dinefwr_Borough_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinefwr Borough Council">Dinefwr</a> and <a href="/wiki/Llanelli_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Llanelli (district)">Llanelli</a>. Until 1974, Carmarthenshire had been governed locally by <a href="/wiki/Civil_parish" title="Civil parish">civil parishes</a>; these in large part equated to <a href="/wiki/Parish" title="Parish">ecclesiastical parishes</a>, most of which still exist as part of the Church in Wales.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_(Wales)_Act_1994" title="Local Government (Wales) Act 1994">Local Government (Wales) Act 1994</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dyfed was abolished on 1 April 1996 and Carmarthenshire was re-established as a county.<sup id="cite_ref-Schaefer_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schaefer-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The three districts united to form a <a href="/wiki/Unitary_authority" title="Unitary authority">unitary authority</a> which had the same boundaries as the traditional county of Carmarthenshire. In 2003, the <a href="/wiki/Clynderwen" title="Clynderwen">Clynderwen</a> community council area was transferred to the administrative county of <a href="/wiki/Pembrokeshire" title="Pembrokeshire">Pembrokeshire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2024, the council leader is Darren Price of <a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The county covers three <a href="/wiki/Senedd_constituencies" class="mw-redirect" title="Senedd constituencies">Senedd constituencies</a>, with its <a href="/wiki/Members_of_the_Senedd" class="mw-redirect" title="Members of the Senedd">Members of the Senedd</a> since <a href="/wiki/2021_Senedd_election" title="2021 Senedd election">2021</a> being:<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Kurtz" title="Samuel Kurtz">Samuel Kurtz</a> (<a href="/wiki/Welsh_Conservatives" title="Welsh Conservatives">Welsh Conservatives</a>) for <a href="/wiki/Carmarthen_West_and_South_Pembrokeshire_(Senedd_constituency)" title="Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (Senedd constituency)">Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Price" title="Adam Price">Adam Price</a> (Plaid Cymru) for <a href="/wiki/Carmarthen_East_and_Dinefwr_(Senedd_constituency)" title="Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (Senedd constituency)">Carmarthen East and Dinefwr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Waters" title="Lee Waters">Lee Waters</a> (<a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Welsh Labour</a>) for <a href="/wiki/Llanelli_(Senedd_constituency)" title="Llanelli (Senedd constituency)">Llanelli</a>.</li></ul> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/UK_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Parliament">UK Parliament</a>, the county covers two <a href="/wiki/UK_Parliament_constituencies_in_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Parliament constituencies in Wales">UK Parliament constituencies in Wales</a>, with its <a href="/wiki/Members_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Members of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Members of Parliament</a> since <a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_for_constituencies_in_Wales_(2024%E2%80%93present)" title="List of MPs for constituencies in Wales (2024–present)">2024</a> being:<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Davies_(politician)" title="Ann Davies (politician)">Ann Davies</a> (<a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">PC</a>) for <a href="/wiki/Caerfyrddin_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Caerfyrddin (UK Parliament constituency)">Caerfyrddin (Carmarthen)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nia_Griffith" title="Nia Griffith">Nia Griffith</a> (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">L</a>) for <a href="/wiki/Llanelli_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Llanelli (UK Parliament constituency)">Llanelli</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demography_and_the_Welsh_language">Demography and the Welsh language</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carmarthenshire&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Demography and the Welsh language"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to the <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Revolution" title="Industrial Revolution">Industrial Revolution</a>, Carmarthen and <a href="/wiki/Wrexham" title="Wrexham">Wrexham</a> were the two most populous towns in Wales.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lloyd_15-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lloyd-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1931, the county's population was 171,445 and in 1951, 164,800. At the census in 2011, Carmarthenshire had a population of 183,777. Population levels have thus dipped and then increased again over the course of eighty years. The population density in Carmarthenshire is 0.8 persons per hectare compared to 1.5 per hectare in Wales as a whole.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Carmarthenshire was the most populous of the five historic counties of Wales to remain majority Welsh-speaking throughout the 20th century. According to the <a href="/wiki/Census_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Census in the United Kingdom">1911 Census</a>, 84.9 per cent of the county's population were Welsh-speaking (compared with 43.5 per cent in all of Wales), with 20.5 per cent of Carmarthenshire's overall population being monolingual Welsh-speakers.<sup id="cite_ref-Census-Report_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census-Report-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1931, 82.3 per cent could speak Welsh and in 1951, 75.2 per cent.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Distribution_of_the_Welsh_Language_1931-1951_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Distribution_of_the_Welsh_Language_1931-1951-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Census_2001" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom Census 2001">2001 census</a>, 50.3 per cent of people living in Carmarthenshire could speak Welsh, with 39 per cent being able to read and write the language as well.<sup id="cite_ref-CarCC_lang_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CarCC_lang-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2011 census showed a further decline, with 43.9 per cent speaking Welsh, making it a minority language in the county for the first time.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the 2011 census also showed that 3,000 more people could understand spoken Welsh than in 2001 and that 60% of 5-14-year-olds could speak Welsh (a 5% increase since 2001).<sup id="cite_ref-The_Welsh_Language_in_Carmarthenshire_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Welsh_Language_in_Carmarthenshire-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A decade later, the 2021 census, showed further decrease, to 39.9% Welsh speakers—the largest percentage drop in all of Wales.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Landmarks">Landmarks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carmarthenshire&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Landmarks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Careg_Cennen_Castle.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Careg_Cennen_Castle.jpg/220px-Careg_Cennen_Castle.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Careg_Cennen_Castle.jpg/330px-Careg_Cennen_Castle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Careg_Cennen_Castle.jpg/440px-Careg_Cennen_Castle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Carreg Cennen Castle</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Talley_Abbey_2010.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Talley_Abbey_2010.JPG/220px-Talley_Abbey_2010.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Talley_Abbey_2010.JPG/330px-Talley_Abbey_2010.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Talley_Abbey_2010.JPG/440px-Talley_Abbey_2010.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>Talley Abbey from hillside</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Roman_workings_at_Dolaucothi_mine_(8734).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Roman_workings_at_Dolaucothi_mine_%288734%29.jpg/220px-Roman_workings_at_Dolaucothi_mine_%288734%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Roman_workings_at_Dolaucothi_mine_%288734%29.jpg/330px-Roman_workings_at_Dolaucothi_mine_%288734%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Roman_workings_at_Dolaucothi_mine_%288734%29.jpg/440px-Roman_workings_at_Dolaucothi_mine_%288734%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>Roman workings at Dolaucothi gold mine</figcaption></figure> <p>With its strategic location and history, the county is rich in archaeological remains such as forts, earthworks and standing stones. <a href="/wiki/Y_Garn_Goch" title="Y Garn Goch">Carn Goch</a> is one of the most impressive <a href="/wiki/Iron_Age" title="Iron Age">Iron Age</a> forts and stands on a hilltop near Llandeilo.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age" title="Bronze Age">Bronze Age</a> is represented by chambered cairns and <a href="/wiki/Menhir" title="Menhir">standing stones</a> on <a href="/wiki/Mynydd_Llangyndeyrn" title="Mynydd Llangyndeyrn">Mynydd Llangyndeyrn</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Llangyndeyrn" title="Llangyndeyrn">Llangyndeyrn</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Castles that can be easily accessed include <a href="/wiki/Carreg_Cennen_Castle" title="Carreg Cennen Castle">Carreg Cennen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dinefwr_Castle" title="Dinefwr Castle">Dinefwr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kidwelly_Castle" title="Kidwelly Castle">Kidwelly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Castle" title="Castle">Laugharne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llansteffan_Castle" title="Llansteffan Castle">Llansteffan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_Emlyn_Castle" title="Newcastle Emlyn Castle">Newcastle Emlyn Castle</a>. There are the ruinous remains of <a href="/wiki/Talley_Abbey" title="Talley Abbey">Talley Abbey</a>, and the coastal village of <a href="/wiki/Laugharne" title="Laugharne">Laugharne</a> is for ever associated with <a href="/wiki/Dylan_Thomas" title="Dylan Thomas">Dylan Thomas</a>. Stately homes in the county include <a href="/wiki/Aberglasney" title="Aberglasney">Aberglasney House and Gardens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Golden_Grove,_Carmarthenshire" title="Golden Grove, Carmarthenshire">Golden Grove</a> and <a href="/wiki/Newton_House,_Llandeilo" title="Newton House, Llandeilo">Newton House</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Discovering_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Discovering-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are plenty of opportunities in the county for hiking, observing wildlife and admiring the scenery. These include <a href="/wiki/Brechfa_Forest" title="Brechfa Forest">Brechfa Forest</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Pembrey_Country_Park" title="Pembrey Country Park">Pembrey Country Park</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Millennium_Coastal_Park" title="Millennium Coastal Park">Millennium Coastal Park</a> at Llanelli, the <a href="/wiki/WWT_Llanelli_Wetlands_Centre" title="WWT Llanelli Wetlands Centre">WWT Llanelli Wetlands Centre</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Carmel_National_Nature_Reserve" title="Carmel National Nature Reserve">Carmel National Nature Reserve</a>. There are large stretches of golden sands and the <a href="/wiki/Wales_Coast_Path" title="Wales Coast Path">Wales Coast Path</a> now provides a continuous walking route around the whole of Wales.<sup id="cite_ref-Discovering_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Discovering-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/National_Botanic_Garden_of_Wales" title="National Botanic Garden of Wales">National Botanic Garden of Wales</a> displays plants from Wales and from all around the world, and the <a href="/wiki/Carmarthenshire_County_Museum" title="Carmarthenshire County Museum">Carmarthenshire County Museum</a>, the <a href="/wiki/National_Wool_Museum" title="National Wool Museum">National Wool Museum</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Parc_Howard_Museum" title="Parc Howard Museum">Parc Howard Museum</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Pendine_Museum_of_Speed" title="Pendine Museum of Speed">Pendine Museum of Speed</a> and the <a href="/wiki/West_Wales_Museum_of_Childhood" title="West Wales Museum of Childhood">West Wales Museum of Childhood</a> all provide opportunities to delve into the past. <a href="/wiki/Dylan_Thomas_Boathouse" title="Dylan Thomas Boathouse">Dylan Thomas Boathouse</a> where the author wrote many of his works can be visited, as can the Roman-worked <a href="/wiki/Dolaucothi_Gold_Mines" title="Dolaucothi Gold Mines">Dolaucothi Gold Mines</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Discovering_42-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Discovering-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports_and_leisure">Sports and leisure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carmarthenshire&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Sports and leisure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Activities available in the county include rambling, cycling, fishing, kayaking, canoeing, sailing, horse riding, caving, abseiling and coasteering.<sup id="cite_ref-Grigg_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Grigg-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Carmarthen_Town_A.F.C." title="Carmarthen Town A.F.C.">Carmarthen Town A.F.C.</a> plays in the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Cymru_Premier_clubs" title="List of Cymru Premier clubs">Cymru Premier</a>. They won the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Football_League_Cup" title="Welsh Football League Cup">Welsh Football League Cup</a> in the 1995–96 season, and since then have won the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Cup" title="Welsh Cup">Welsh Cup</a> once and the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_League_Cup" title="Welsh League Cup">Welsh League Cup</a> twice.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Llanelli_Town_A.F.C." title="Llanelli Town A.F.C.">Llanelli Town A.F.C.</a> play in the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Football_League_Division_Two" title="Welsh Football League Division Two">Welsh Football League Division Two</a>. The club won the Welsh premier league and Loosemores challenge cup in 2008 and won the Welsh Cup in 2011, but after experiencing financial difficulties, were wound up and reformed under the present title in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Scarlets" title="Scarlets">Scarlets</a> is the regional professional <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a> team that plays in the <a href="/wiki/Pro14" class="mw-redirect" title="Pro14">Pro14</a>, they play their home matches at their ground, <a href="/wiki/Parc_y_Scarlets" title="Parc y Scarlets">Parc y Scarlets</a>. Honours include winning the 2003/04 and 2016/17 Pro12. <a href="/wiki/Llanelli_RFC" title="Llanelli RFC">Llanelli RFC</a> is a semi-professional <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a> team that play in the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Premier_Division" title="Welsh Premier Division">Welsh Premier Division</a>, also playing home matches at <a href="/wiki/Parc_y_Scarlets" title="Parc y Scarlets">Parc y Scarlets</a>. Among many honours, they have been <a href="/wiki/WRU_Challenge_Cup" title="WRU Challenge Cup">WRU Challenge Cup</a> winners on fourteen occasions and frequently taken part in the <a href="/wiki/European_Rugby_Champions_Cup" title="European Rugby Champions Cup">Heineken Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/West_Wales_Raiders" title="West Wales Raiders">West Wales Raiders</a>, based in Llanelli, represent the county in <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league" title="Rugby league">Rugby league</a>. </p><p>Some sporting venues utilise disused industrial sites. <a href="/wiki/Ffos_Las_racecourse" title="Ffos Las racecourse">Ffos Las racecourse</a> was built on the site of an <a href="/wiki/Open-pit_mining" title="Open-pit mining">open cast coal mine</a> after mining operations ceased. Opened in 2009, it was the first racecourse built in the United Kingdom for eighty years and has regular race-days.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Machynys" title="Machynys">Machynys</a> is a championship golf course opened in 2005 and built as part of the <a href="/wiki/Llanelli_Waterside" title="Llanelli Waterside">Llanelli Waterside</a> regeneration plan.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Pembrey_Circuit" title="Pembrey Circuit">Pembrey Circuit</a> is a motor racing circuit near Pembrey village, considered the home of Welsh motorsport, providing racing for cars, motorcycles, karts and trucks. It was opened in 1989 on a former airfield, is popular for testing and has hosted many events including the <a href="/wiki/British_Touring_Car_Championship" title="British Touring Car Championship">British Touring Car Championship</a> twice.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2018 <a href="/wiki/Tour_of_Britain" title="Tour of Britain">Tour of Britain</a> cycling race started at Pembrey on 2 September 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carmarthenshire&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rail">Rail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carmarthenshire&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Rail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Carmarthenshire is served by the main line railway service operated by <a href="/wiki/Transport_for_Wales_Rail" title="Transport for Wales Rail">Transport for Wales Rail</a> which links <a href="/wiki/London_Paddington_station" title="London Paddington station">London Paddington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cardiff_Central_railway_station" title="Cardiff Central railway station">Cardiff Central</a> and <a href="/wiki/Swansea_railway_station" title="Swansea railway station">Swansea</a> to southwest Wales. The main hub is <a href="/wiki/Carmarthen_railway_station" title="Carmarthen railway station">Carmarthen railway station</a> where some services from the east terminate. The line continues westwards with several branches which serve <a href="/wiki/Pembroke_Dock_railway_station" title="Pembroke Dock railway station">Pembroke Dock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milford_Haven_railway_station" title="Milford Haven railway station">Milford Haven</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fishguard_Harbour_railway_station" title="Fishguard Harbour railway station">Fishguard Harbour</a> (for the ferry to <a href="/wiki/Rosslare_Europort_railway_station" title="Rosslare Europort railway station">Rosslare Europort</a> and connecting trains to <a href="/wiki/Dublin_Connolly_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Dublin Connolly railway station">Dublin Connolly</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Heart_of_Wales_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Heart of Wales Line">Heart of Wales Line</a> takes a scenic route through mid-Wales and links <a href="/wiki/Llanelli" title="Llanelli">Llanelli</a> with <a href="/wiki/Craven_Arms" title="Craven Arms">Craven Arms</a>, from where passengers can travel on the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Marches_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh Marches Line">Welsh Marches Line</a> to <a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury" title="Shrewsbury">Shrewsbury</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two heritage railways, the <a href="/wiki/Gwili_Railway" title="Gwili Railway">Gwili Railway</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Teifi_Valley_Railway" title="Teifi Valley Railway">Teifi Valley Railway</a>, use the track of the <a href="/wiki/Carmarthen_and_Cardigan_Railway" title="Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway">Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway</a> that at one time ran from Carmarthen to Newcastle Emlyn, but did not reach <a href="/wiki/Cardigan,_Ceredigion" title="Cardigan, Ceredigion">Cardigan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Road">Road</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carmarthenshire&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Road"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/A40_road" title="A40 road">A40</a>, <a href="/wiki/A48_road" title="A48 road">A48</a>, <a href="/wiki/A484_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A484 road">A484</a> and <a href="/wiki/A485_road" title="A485 road">A485</a> converge on Carmarthen. The <a href="/wiki/M4_motorway" title="M4 motorway">M4</a> route that links <a href="/wiki/South_Wales" title="South Wales">South Wales</a> with <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, terminates at junction 49, the <a href="/wiki/Pont_Abraham_services" class="mw-redirect" title="Pont Abraham services">Pont Abraham services</a>, to continue northwest as the <a href="/wiki/Dual_carriageway" title="Dual carriageway">dual carriageway A48</a>, and to finish with its junction with the A40 in Carmarthen. </p><p>Llanelli is linked to M4 junction 48 by the <a href="/wiki/A4138_road" title="A4138 road">A4138</a>. The A40 links Carmarthen to <a href="/wiki/Llandeilo" title="Llandeilo">Llandeilo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llandovery" title="Llandovery">Llandovery</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brecon" title="Brecon">Brecon</a> to the east, and with <a href="/wiki/St_Clears" title="St Clears">St Clears</a>, <a href="/wiki/Whitland" title="Whitland">Whitland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Haverfordwest" title="Haverfordwest">Haverfordwest</a> to the west. The A484 links Llanelli with Carmarthen by a coastal route and continues northwards to <a href="/wiki/Cardigan,_Ceredigion" title="Cardigan, Ceredigion">Cardigan</a>, and via the <a href="/wiki/A486_road" title="A486 road">A486</a> and <a href="/wiki/A487_road" title="A487 road">A487</a> to <a href="/wiki/Aberystwyth" title="Aberystwyth">Aberystwyth</a>, and the A485 links Carmarthen to <a href="/wiki/Lampeter" title="Lampeter">Lampeter</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bus">Bus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carmarthenshire&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Bus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bus services run between the main towns within the county and are operated by <a href="/wiki/First_Cymru" title="First Cymru">First Cymru</a> under their "Western Welsh" or "Cymru Clipper" livery.<sup id="cite_ref-Nevez_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nevez-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bus services from Carmarthenshire are also run to Cardiff. A bus service known as "<a href="/wiki/Fflecsi" title="Fflecsi">fflecsi</a> Bwcabus" (formerly just "Bwcabus") operates in the north of the county, offering customised transport to rural dwellers.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cuisine">Cuisine</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carmarthenshire&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Cuisine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Cuisine_of_Carmarthenshire" title="Cuisine of Carmarthenshire">Cuisine of Carmarthenshire</a></div> <p>Carmarthenshire has rich, fertile farmland and a productive coast with estuaries providing a range of foods that motivate many home cooks and chefs.<sup id="cite_ref-Penbontbren_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Penbontbren-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Pressdee_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pressdee-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-abayoflife_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abayoflife-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carmarthenshire&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Carmarthenshire" title="Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire">List of Lord Lieutenants of Carmarthenshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Custos_Rotulorum_of_Carmarthenshire" title="Custos Rotulorum of Carmarthenshire">Custos Rotulorum of Carmarthenshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Sheriff_of_Carmarthenshire" title="High Sheriff of Carmarthenshire">List of High Sheriffs of Carmarthenshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carmarthenshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Carmarthenshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Carmarthenshire (UK Parliament constituency)</a> for a list of MPs</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Carmarthenshire" title="List of places in Carmarthenshire">List of places in Carmarthenshire</a> for an alphabetical list of towns and villages.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scheduled_Monuments_in_Carmarthenshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Scheduled Monuments in Carmarthenshire">Scheduled Monuments in Carmarthenshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Carmarthenshire" title="List of schools in Carmarthenshire">List of schools in Carmarthenshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:People_from_Carmarthenshire" title="Category:People from Carmarthenshire">People from Carmarthenshire</a> for a list of notable people from the county.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carmarthenshire&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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title="Eglwyscummin">Eglwyscummin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ffarmers" title="Ffarmers">Ffarmers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ffaldybrenin" title="Ffaldybrenin">Ffaldybrenin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Felinfoel" title="Felinfoel">Felinfoel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferryside" title="Ferryside">Ferryside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Five_Roads" title="Five Roads">Five Roads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garnant" title="Garnant">Garnant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glanamman" title="Glanamman">Glanamman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwynfe" title="Gwynfe">Gwynfe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horeb,_Carmarthenshire" title="Horeb, Carmarthenshire">Horeb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kidwelly" title="Kidwelly">Kidwelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llandeilo" title="Llandeilo">Llandeilo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llandovery" title="Llandovery">Llandovery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llandybie" title="Llandybie">Llandybie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llanelli" title="Llanelli">Llanelli</a></li> <li><a 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