Bynea

Bynea
Bynea is located in Carmarthenshire
Bynea
Bynea
Location within Carmarthenshire
Principal area
Shire county
  • Carmarthenshire
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLLANELLI
Postcode districtSA14
PoliceDyfed-Powys
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Carmarthenshire
51°40′26″N 4°06′11″W / 51.674°N 4.103°W / 51.674; -4.103

Bynea (/ˈbɪnjə/ BIN-yə;[1] pronunciation; sometimes Welsh: Bynie) is a village close to the River Loughor (Welsh: Afon Llwchwr) in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It also forms an electoral ward for the purposes of elections to Carmarthenshire County Council, and is situated in Berwig Hamlet. It borders with the villages of Llwynhendy, Bryn, Pen-y-graig and Loughor.

It has no shops and is governed by the Bynea District Forum.

  1. ^ G.M. Miller, BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (Oxford UP, 1971), p. 23.