Carmarthen (gbr)

Carmarthen

Carmarthen ranks 2,083rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Athens, Georgia, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Quincy, Massachusetts. Memorable people born in Carmarthen include Dave Evans, Dorothea Bate, and Mark Drakeford. Memorable people who died in Carmarthen include Richard Steele. Carmarthen has been the birth place of many politicians, and singers and the death place of many writers. Carmarthen is located in United Kingdom.

Carmarthen is the county town of Carmarthenshire and a community in Wales, lying on the River Towy 8 miles (13 km) north of its estuary in Carmarthen Bay. At the 2021 census the community had a population of 14,636, and the built up area had a population of 16,455. It stands on the site of a Roman town, and has a claim to be the oldest town in Wales. In the middle ages it comprised twin settlements: Old Carmarthen around Carmarthen Priory and New Carmarthen around Carmarthen Castle. The two were merged into one borough in 1546. It was the most populous borough in Wales in the 16th–18th centuries, described by William Camden as "chief citie of the country". It was overtaken in size by the mid-19th century, following the growth of settlements in the South Wales Coalfield. Read more on Wikipedia