Cwmamman

Cwmamman or Cwmaman is a community in Carmarthenshire, about 12 miles north of Swansea in southwest Wales. Literally meaning "Amman valley", it takes its name from the River Amman which runs through the area. The main settlements in the community are Glanamman and Garnant.

==History== Cwmamman was the original name of the valley. As coal-mining boomed during the late 19th century two adjoining villages grew up in the valley, known as Glanamman to the west and Garnant to the east. Each village had a station on the Llanelly Railway, built in 1840: Garnant (originally called Cwmamman) and Glanamman (originally called Cross Keys).