Llansannor is a small
villageA village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a town or city. Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in...
in the
Vale of GlamorganThe Vale of Glamorgan is a county borough in Wales; an exceptionally rich agricultural area, it lies in in the southern part of Glamorgan, south Wales...
,
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,
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.
It has a
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of roughly 200 people. It contains a
parish churchA parish church, in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
, a pub (the City Inn, now closed), a primary school and a
village hallIn the United States, a village hall is the seat of government for villages. It functions much as a city hall does within cities.More widely, a village hall may also be a building within a village which is owned by and run for the local community...
, which has recently been rebuilt thanks to the efforts of the parishioners.
Llansannor is traditionally a
parishA parish is a territorial unit that was usually historically served by a local church. This administrative unit is typically found in Roman Catholic, Anglican Communion, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Church of Sweden, United Methodist, and Presbyterian churches...
, until the last century comprising little more than a collection of farms spread out across Llansannor Hill (Mynydd y Fforest) and now incorporating the present hamlet of City and a collection of houses built in the grounds of Llansannor Court between the 1970s and 90's.
Llansannor is a small
villageA village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a town or city. Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in...
in the
Vale of GlamorganThe Vale of Glamorgan is a county borough in Wales; an exceptionally rich agricultural area, it lies in in the southern part of Glamorgan, south Wales...
,
WalesWales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom, bordered by England to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It is also an elective region of the European Union...
,
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
.
It has a
populationIn biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings. Individuals within a population share a factor may be reduced by statistical means, but such a generalization may be too vague to imply anything...
of roughly 200 people. It contains a
parish churchA parish church, in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
, a pub (the City Inn, now closed), a primary school and a
village hallIn the United States, a village hall is the seat of government for villages. It functions much as a city hall does within cities.More widely, a village hall may also be a building within a village which is owned by and run for the local community...
, which has recently been rebuilt thanks to the efforts of the parishioners.
Llansannor is traditionally a
parishA parish is a territorial unit that was usually historically served by a local church. This administrative unit is typically found in Roman Catholic, Anglican Communion, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Church of Sweden, United Methodist, and Presbyterian churches...
, until the last century comprising little more than a collection of farms spread out across Llansannor Hill (Mynydd y Fforest) and now incorporating the present hamlet of City and a collection of houses built in the grounds of Llansannor Court between the 1970s and 90's. Present day farms in the parish include Church Farm, Newforest House Farm and Windmill Farm. While
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remains important to the character of the area, many residents of the village are retirees or
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to work in nearby
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.
The
Valeways Millennium Heritage TrailThe Valeways Millennium Heritage Trail is a waymarked long distance footpath in the United Kingdom in the Vale of Glamorgan in South Wales.- The Route :...
passes through the parish, and the source of the River Thaw is nearby.
Famous residents include JPR Williams, former Welsh
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fullback.
Population Statistics
Population densityPopulation density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans. It is a key term used in geography....
(people / sq mi) |
0.9 |
| Gender Gender commonly refers to the set of characteristics that humans perceive as distinguishing between male and female entities, extending from one's biological sex to, in humans, one's social role or gender identity. As a term, "gender" has more than one valid definition...
split (females / male) |
1.03 |
| Average commute Commute or commutation may refer to:* Commuting, the process of travelling between a place of residence and a place of work* Commutativity, a property of a mathematical operation* Commutation of sentence, a reduction in severity of punishment...
|
12.89 miles |
| Average age |
42 |
| Home ownership |
16.9% |
| Student population |
2.6% |
| People in good health |
73% |
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