Whitland

Also known as Hendy-gwyn, Hendy-Gwyn

Whitland (, , or , , from the medieval ) is a town and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales.

Key facts

UK place.official_name: Whitland
UK place.welsh_name: Hendy-gwyn
UK place.static_image_name: Market_Street,_Whitland_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1414951.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: Market Street, Whitland
UK place.population: 1,792
UK place.population_ref: (2011)
UK place.os_grid_reference: SN201165
UK place.community_wales: Whitland
UK place.unitary_wales: Carmarthenshire
UK place.lieutenancy_wales: Dyfed
UK place.country: Wales
UK place.post_town: WHITLAND

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Geography
History
Hywel Dda Centre
Governance
Railway
Education
Notable people
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Whitland (, , or , , from the medieval ) is a town and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales.

==Geography== The Whitland community is bordered by the communities of: Henllanfallteg; Llanboidy; and Eglwyscummin, all being in Carmarthenshire; and by Lampeter Velfrey and Llanddewi Velfrey in Pembrokeshire.