Hengoed

Hengoed
Hengoed Location within Caerphilly
Population	5,548
OS grid reference	ST154950
Community	Gelligaer
Principal area	Caerphilly
Preserved county	Gwent
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HENGOED
Postcode district	CF82
Dialling code	01443
Police	Gwent
Fire	South Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Caerphilly
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Caerphilly
List of places UK Wales Caerphilly 51°39′N 3°14′W / 51.65°N 3.23°W / 51.65; -3.23

Hengoed (/ˈhɛnɡɔɪd/)^{[citation needed]} is a village on the west side of the Rhymney Valley - between Ystrad Mynach to the south and Cefn Hengoed to the north. Across the valley it looks towards Maesycwmmer. The village is in the county borough of Caerphilly, in the traditional county of Glamorgan, Wales.

The electoral ward of Hengoed includes the villages of Hengoed and Cefn Hengoed and a part of Tir-y-Berth in the north west. The ward population was recorded at 5,548 in the 2011 census, an increase of 10% over the previous 10 years (2001 = 5,046), due in part to several new-build housing developments in the ward between 2001 and 2011.

The name means 'old wood' in Welsh.^[1]