Llanbadoc
{{Short description|Village in Monmouthshire, Wales}}
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{{Infobox UK place
| type = Village and community
| country = Wales
| welsh_name = Llanbadog Fawr
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| coordinates = {{coord|51|41|45|N|2|54|15|W|region:GB_type:city|display=title}}
| unitary_wales = Monmouthshire
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Map of the community
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Llanbadoc ({{langx|cy|Llanbadog Fawr}}) is a village and community in the county of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent in Wales. The population of the village at the 2011 census was 806.{{cite web|url=https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125798&c=NP15+1SX&d=16&e=62&g=6496666&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1428069506744&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|accessdate= 3 April 2015}}
The village is in the Newport postal district of NP15, just across the River Usk from the town of Usk ({{langx|cy|Brynbuga}}), off the A472. Llanbadoc is within the British House of Commons and Senedd constituencies of Monmouth.
There are not many facilities in this small village - there is a village and parish church,[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/551589 Geograph.org.uk] a garage, a saw mill, an open prison and an agricultural college.
Llanbadoc is the birthplace (1823) of Alfred Russel Wallace, and also of Manic Street Preachers bassist Nicky Wire.
The community includes the villages of Monkswood and Glascoed.
Governance
An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches north from Llanbadoc to Gwehelog Fawr. The total ward population taken at the 2011 census was 1,299.{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/llanbadoc-w05000806#sthash.VXNu6S7k.dpbs|title=Ward population 2011|accessdate=3 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165154/http://www.ukcensusdata.com/llanbadoc-w05000806#sthash.VXNu6S7k.dpbs|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}
File:Llanbadoc Church - geograph.org.uk - 1268354.jpg|Llanbadoc Church where Alfred Russel Wallace was baptized
File:Commemorative Seat at Llanbadoc - geograph.org.uk - 1268313.jpg|Commemorative seat on the banks of the River Usk
File:River Scene Near LLanbadoc - geograph.org.uk - 1516230.jpg|River scene near Llanbadoc
References
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External links
- [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/MON/Llanbaddock/index.html Llanbadoc on Genuki]
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Category:Villages in Monmouthshire
Category:Communities in Monmouthshire
Category:Monmouthshire electoral wards
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