Trebanos

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Coordinates: 51°42′40″N 3°51′54″W / 51.711°N 3.865°W / 51.711; -3.865

Trebanos
Trebanos is located in Neath Port Talbot
Trebanos

 Trebanos shown within Neath Port Talbot
Population 1,397 [1]
OS grid reference SN721040
Principal area Neath Port Talbot
Ceremonial county West Glamorgan
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Swansea
Postcode district SA8
Dialling code 01792
Police South Wales
Fire Mid and West Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK Parliament Neath
List of places: UK • Wales • Neath Port Talbot

Trebanos (Welsh: Trebannws) is a village in the Swansea Valley, Wales. It forms, together with Craig Trebanos and a part of Pontardawe, the Trebanos electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough.

Controversy and opposition concerning the South Wales Gas Pipeline passing through the village led to media attention for the village and a protest camp in 2006 and 2007.

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[edit] Education

Primary Schools

Trebanos Welsh Primary School

[edit] Sport and leisure

Trebanos is home to local rugby union club Trebanos RFC, a team founded in 1887 which is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union.

[edit] Notable residents

Notable people from Trebanos include rugby union players Bleddyn Bowen, who captained Wales to the 1988 Triple Crown, Robert Jones, who was capped for Wales 54 times and helped win the 1988 Triple Crown, and fly-half Arwel Thomas who was capped for Wales 23 times.

Greg Thomas, a first-class cricketer and fast bowler was born in Trebanos.[2]).

[edit] References

  1. ^ Office for National Statistics, 2002
  2. ^ Glamorgan Cricket website [1]

[edit] External links

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