Dafen | |
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Suburban village | |
![]() St Michael and All Angels Church | |
Location within Carmarthenshire | |
Community | |
Principal area | |
Preserved county | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Police | Dyfed-Powys |
Fire | Mid and West Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
UK Parliament | |
Dafen is a village situated east of Llanelli in Carmarthenshire, Wales, part of the Llanelli Rural community. Dafen borders the villages of Felinfoel (Bryngwyn-Mawr), Bryn, Penceilogi, and Pemberton.
Dafen is also an electoral ward, electing councillors to Llanelli Rural Council and Carmarthenshire County Council. At the 2001 census the Dafen ward had a population of 3,433,[1] increasing to 3,597 at the 2011 Census.[2]
The village has both residential and industrial areas, and Llanelli's Prince Philip Hospital is located here.
Wales Air Ambulance is based at Dafen in a purpose-built headquarters completed in 2016.[3]
Notes
- ^ Neighbourhood Statistics
- ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ^ "New HQ opens for Wales Air Ambulance in Carmarthenshire". BBC News. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.