:Cilycwm

{{Short description|Village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox UK place

| type = Village and community

| country = Wales

| static_image_name = St Michael's at Cilycwm - geograph.org.uk - 539892.jpg

| static_image_caption = St Michael's church

| coordinates = {{coord|52|02|42|N|3|49|11|W|display=title|region:GB_type:city(500)}}

| unitary_wales = Carmarthenshire

| module= 240px
Map of the community

}}

Cilycwm{{efn|Historically Cîl-y-cwm and Kîlycwm.[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/CMN/Cil-y-Cwm/index.html GENUKI page. Retrieved 24 December 2013.]}} ({{langx|cy|Cil-y-cwm}}, {{IPA|cy|ˈkiːl ə ˈkʊm|IPA}}) is a village, parish and community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The community population taken at the 2011 census was 487.{{cite web|url=https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11122017&c=SA20+0SY&d=16&e=62&g=6492088&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1428948514031&enc=1|title=Community population 2011 |accessdate=13 April 2015}}

Cilycwm lies on the west bank of Afon Gwenlais, a tributary of the River Towy (Tywi), north of the town of Llandovery. Pont Dolauhirion, a bridge that crosses the Towy at the south of the community was designed by William Edwards and is a copy of his famous bridge at Pontypridd.The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. John Davies, Nigel Jenkins, Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) pg144 {{ISBN|978-0-7083-1953-6}} The bridge is a grade I listed structure.{{cite web| url =http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-16996-dolauhirion-bridge-cilycwm|title= Dolauhirion Bridge, Llandovery|publisher= British Listed buildings|accessdate = 19 December 2013}}

The parish church of St Michael's is also a grade I listed building.{{cite web| url =http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-10906-church-of-st-michael-cilycwm| title= Church of St Michael, Cilycwm|publisher= British Listed buildings|accessdate = 19 December 2013}}

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches south to Llansadwrn. The total population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 1518.{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/cilycwm-w05000467#sthash.Q5LskAwf.dpbs|title=Ward population 2011 |accessdate=13 April 2015}}

The community is bordered by the communities of: Llanfair-ar-y-bryn; Llandovery; Llanwrda; and Cynwyl Gaeo, all being in Carmarthenshire; and by Llanddewi Brefi in Ceredigion.

Notable people

  • Morgan Rhys (1716–1779), a Welsh hymn-writer.
  • William Augustus, Welsh translator and weather forecaster in the late 18th century.{{Cite web |title=AUGUSTUS, WILLIAM ('Wil Awst'), a prescientific weather forecaster and translator {{!}} Dictionary of Welsh Biography |url=https://biography.wales/article/s-AUGU-WIL-1790 |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=biography.wales}}

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