Pencoed

Pencoed (also Pen-coed; ) is a town and community in the county borough of Bridgend, Wales. It straddles the M4 motorway north east of Bridgend and is situated on the Ewenny River. At the 2022 census it had a population of 10,011.

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UK place.country: Wales
UK place.static_image_name: Pencoed War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 2268432.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: Pencoed War Memorial
UK place.official_name: Pencoed
UK place.population: 9,166
UK place.unitary_wales: Bridgend
UK place.lieutenancy_wales: Mid Glamorgan
UK place.constituency_westminster: Bridgend
UK place.post_town: BRIDGEND
UK place.postcode_district: CF35
UK place.postcode_area: CF
UK place.dial_code: 01656
UK place.os_grid_reference: SS957815
UK place.module: 240pxMap of the community

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Official name: Pencoed
Population: 8623
Area: 877.56
Image: Pencoed, Cefn Nant.jpg
Dialing code: 01656

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OS grid reference: SS957815
Commons category: Pencoed
postal code: CF35
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==Toponymy and pronunciation== The name appears as "Penkoyt" in a 1303 deed of Ewenny Priory and as "Pencoyd" in the seventeenth and eighteenth century. The name is likely a contraction of pen-y-coed (head/top/end of the forest/wood) and has historically been given as both Pen-coed and Pencoed. While some local business, roads and signage use the hyphenated version, the Welsh Language Commissioner recommends the spelling in both English and Welsh to be "Pencoed".