Llandow ( cy, Llandŵ) is a village and

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in the

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, Wales. The community population taken at the 2011 census was 726. The village is located south west of

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. The community includes the villages of

Sigingstone Sigingstone ( cy, Tresigin) is a small hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It mainly consists of residential housing and two small working farms. There are two roads - one leading to the two nearby towns Llantwit Major and Cowbridge, and the ...

and Llysworney.

Governance

Llandow has a

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which elects a total of ten community councillors from the wards of Llandow, Llysworney and Llanmihangel. Prior to 1995 Llandow was an

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to the

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. There were no contests in the ward, with a Conserv