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Carmarthen (Welsh: Caerfyrddin) is the county town of Carmarthenshire. It stands on the River Towy. Carmarthen lays claim to being the oldest town in Wales but the two settlements of Old and New Carmarthen were only united into a single borough in 1546. A statue of General Nott was erected in Nott Square in 1851. According to some variants of the legend of King Arthur, Merlin was born in a cave outside Carmarthen, with some noting that Merlin may be an anglicised form of Myrddin. The town is within the council area of Carmarthenshire.
Primary Name(s): Carmarthen (Anglicised) Caerfyrddin (Welsh)
Place Type: Town
Historic County: Carmarthenshire
Lat, Long: 51.85642,-4.305803
Grid Reference: SN 4130 2005
Community (Civil Parish): Carmarthen C
Council Area: Carmarthenshire CA
Police Area: Dyfed-Powys PA
Devolved Legislature: Welsh Assembly (Senedd)
GBPN ID: GBPN7443
GBPN URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Carmarthen,_Carmarthenshire_7443
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q835835
Wikishire: https://wikishire.co.uk/wiki/Carmarthen
Primary Name(s): Carmarthen (Anglicised) Caerfyrddin (Welsh)
Place Type: Town
Historic County: Carmarthenshire
Lat, Long: 51.85642,-4.305803
Grid Reference: SN 4130 2005
Community (Civil Parish): Carmarthen C
Council Area: Carmarthenshire CA
Police Area: Dyfed-Powys PA
Devolved Legislature: Welsh Assembly (Senedd)
GBPN ID: GBPN7443
GBPN URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Carmarthen,_Carmarthenshire_7443 Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q835835 Wikishire: https://wikishire.co.uk/wiki/Carmarthen