Llanfoist Fawr (Welsh: Llan-ffwyst Fawr) is a community in the county of Monmouthshire, Wales, and is 23.8 miles (38.3 km) from Cardiff and 126.3 miles (203.2 km) from London.[2][3] In 2011 the population of Llanfoist Fawr was 3217 with 10.2% of them able to speak Welsh.[4]

Llanfoist Fawr
Llanfoist Fawr Location within Monmouthshire
Population	3,315 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	SO 2895 1327
• Cardiff	23.8 mi (38.3 km)
• London	126.3 mi (203.3 km)
Community	Llanfoist Fawr
Principal area	Monmouthshire
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Abergavenny
Postcode district	NP7
Dialling code	01495
Police	Gwent
Fire	South Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
List of places UK Wales Monmouthshire 51.813532°N 3.032093°W / 51.813532; -3.032093

The community includes the villages of Govilon, Llanwenarth, Llanellen and Llanfoist itself. The name of the local school is also Llanfoist Fawr.

Llanfoist Fawr is also the name of a county electoral ward, which elects a county councillor to Monmouthshire County Council. The county ward includes part of the Llanfoist Fawr community, namely the community wards of Llanfoist, Llanellen and Llanwenarth Citra.[5] The Llanwenarth Ultra ward (covering Govilon) elects its own county councillor. All four community wards elect or co-opt up to twelve community councillors to Llanfoist Fawr Community Council.[6]

References

See also

• List of localities in Wales by population

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