Quarter Bach

Coordinates: 51°49′19″N 3°49′52″W / 51.822°N 3.831°W / 51.822; -3.831 Quarter Bach is a community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales. Prior to 23 December 1881, the area was a part of the parish of Llangadog.[1]

It is at the foot of the Black Mountain, in the far east of the county. The main settlement here is Upper Brynaman, though it also includes Cefnbrynbrain, Rhosaman and Ystradowen, as well as a substantial amount of open moorland. The community is bordered by the communities of: Cwmamman; Llangadog; and Llanddeusant, all being in Carmarthenshire; by Ystradgynlais in Powys; and by Cwmllynfell and Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen in Neath Port Talbot.

According to the 2001 Census, 75.2% of people in Quarter Bach can speak Welsh, the highest percentage of any ward in Carmarthenshire and indeed in the southern half of Wales.

The actual quoted population at the 2011 Census was 2,921.[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/llandovery.html
  2. ↑ "Ward and Community populations 2011". Retrieved 16 April 2015.

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