Pembrey
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Pembrey (Welsh: Pen-bre) is a village in Carmarthenshire, Wales, situated between Burry Port and Kidwelly, overlooking Carmarthen Bay, with a population of about 2,154 in 2011. The electoral ward having a population of 4,301. It is in the community of Pembrey and Burry Port Town.
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- Locality
- Pembrey
- Region
- Cymru / Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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- Instance of
- village
- Official name
- Pen-bre
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Pembrey and Burry Port Town
- Population
- 2154
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
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- Eglwys Pen-bre (Sant Illtyd) Church Pembrey, Sir Gaerfyrddin Carmarthenshire 12.JPG
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- History
- Manor families
- Military and RAF Pembrey
- Lifeboat station
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Pembrey (Welsh: Pen-bre) is a village in Carmarthenshire, Wales, situated between Burry Port and Kidwelly, overlooking Carmarthen Bay, with a population of about 2,154 in 2011. The electoral ward having a population of 4,301. It is in the community of Pembrey and Burry Port Town.
==History== The name Pembrey is an Anglicisation of the Welsh, Pen-bre. "Pen" is a Welsh word meaning head or top, and "bre" is an old Celtic word for a promontory.
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