Llantarnam
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Llantarnam is a community
and suburb of Cwmbran
in the county borough of Torfaen
in southeast Wales
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Llantarnam Abbey
is a Cistercian abbey founded in 1179 as a daughter house of Strata Florida Abbey
. The remains of that abbey are incorporated into the present buildings housing the Sisters of Saint Joseph
.
Llantarnam Hall is home to Rougemont School
.
The local secondary school is Llantarnam School
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Community (Wales)
A community is a division of land in Wales that forms the lowest-tier of local government in Wales. Welsh communities are analogous to civil parishes in England....
and suburb of Cwmbran
Cwmbran
Cwmbrân is a new town in Wales. Today forming part of the county borough of Torfaen and lying within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, Cwmbrân was established in 1949 to provide new employment opportunities in the south eastern portion of the South Wales Coalfield. Cwmbrân means Crow...
in the county borough of Torfaen
Torfaen
Torfaen is a county borough in Wales within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It was originally formed in 1974 as a district of the county of Gwent and in 1996 it was reconstituted as a unitary authority.-Education:...
in southeast Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
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Llantarnam Abbey
Llantarnam Abbey
Llantarnam Abbey is an abbey of the Sisters of St Joseph of Annecy and a former Cistercian monastery located in Llantarnam, Cwmbran in the county borough of Torfaen in southeast Wales.- History :...
is a Cistercian abbey founded in 1179 as a daughter house of Strata Florida Abbey
Strata Florida Abbey
Strata Florida Abbey Flowers. Ystrad corrupts into Strata, while Fflur is the name of the nearby river. After the region around St. David's was firmly occupied by the Norman Marcher lordship of Pembroke by the early 12th century, with St...
. The remains of that abbey are incorporated into the present buildings housing the Sisters of Saint Joseph
Sisters of Saint Joseph
Sisters of Saint Joseph may refer to seven Roman Catholic congregations of women religious:* Religious Hospitaliers of St. Joseph* Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet* The Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Peace...
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Llantarnam Hall is home to Rougemont School
Rougemont School
Rougemont School is an independent and mixed-sex school based around the manor-house Llantarnam Hall on the outskirts of the city of Newport. The school offers education for three to eighteen year olds. There are 78 full-time and 10 part-time staff, and the total number of pupils is approximately...
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The local secondary school is Llantarnam School
Llantarnam School
Llantarnam School is a state-funded and non-selective comprehensive school in the Cwmbran suburb of Llantarnam, Torfaen in Wales. It provides education for approximately 1,500 students between the ages of 11 and 19.-Layout of the site:...
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Demographics
At the 2001 Census- Population 4688 (Llantarnam Community 3,299; Torfaen 90,949)
- 47.4% Male, 52.6% Female
- Ages
- 17.8% aged between 0-15
- 33.3% aged between 16-44
- 20.9% aged 45–59/64
- 28.0% of pensionable age
External links
Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre (in Cwmbran town centreCwmbran Shopping Centre
Cwmbran Shopping Centre is the second largest shopping centre in Wales. It is located in Cwmbran, Torfaen. Unlike some large shopping centres on the outskirts of towns and cities, Cwmbran Town Shopping Centre is in its own designated area in the centre of all the districts and neighbourhoods...
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