Trebanos ( cy, Trebannws) is a village in the

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, Wales. With Craig Trebanos and a part of

Pontardawe Pontardawe () is a town and a community in the Swansea Valley (Welsh: ''Cwmtawe'') in Wales. With a population of 6,832, it comprises the electoral wards of Pontardawe and Trebanos. A town council is elected. Pontardawe forms part of the county bo ...

, it forms the Trebanos electoral ward in the

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. Controversy and opposition concerning the

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passing through the village led to media attention for the village and a protest camp in 2006 and 2007.

Name

The village's name in standard

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is 'Trebannws'. But in the Welsh-language dialect of the area, there is a tendency to pronounce the final vowel as an 'o'. This has given rise to the form 'Trebanos', which is the form usually used in English.

Education

Primary Schools Trebanos Welsh

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Sport and leisure

Trebanos is home to local rugby union club

Trebanos RFC Trebanos Rugby Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Rygbi Trebannws) is a Welsh rugby union team officially founded in 1897. Trebanos RFC is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Ospreys. Club history 1920s The club re-formed a ...

, a team founded in 1887 which is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union.

Notable residents

Notable people from Trebanos include

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players

Bleddyn Bowen Bleddyn Bowen (born 16 July 1961) is a former international Wales rugby union player. Bleddyn Bowen played club rugby for South Wales Police and Swansea RFC. His first international game was in 1983, along with five other first caps, against Ro ...

, who captained Wales to the 1988

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, Robert Jones, who was capped for Wales 54 times and helped win the 1988 Triple Crown,

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Arwel Thomas Arwel Camber Thomas (born 8 November 1974) is a native of Trebanos in Swansea Valley. He is a former Wales international rugby union player. An outside-half, he played his club rugby for Swansea RFC. Career Arwel Thomas won his first of his 23 ...

who was capped for Wales 23 times and openside flanker

Justin Tipuric Justin Tipuric ( ; born 6 August 1989) is a Welsh people, Welsh international rugby union player who plays for Wales national rugby union team, Wales as an Flanker (rugby union), openside flanker. Early life Tipuric is of Croats, Croatian desce ...

Greg Thomas Greg Thomas (born John Gregory Thomas, 12 August 1960) is a Welsh former cricketer, who played in five Test matches and three One Day Internationals for England between 1986 and 1987. Life and career Thomas was born in Trebanos in Glamorgan. ...

, a first-class

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er and fast bowler was born in Trebanos. Actress Harriet Lewis who played Maggie Post in the Welsh soap opera Pobl Y Cwm was born and lived in Trebanos all her life.

References

External links

NPT - Trebanos Councillor

www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Trebanos and surrounding area
Villages in Neath Port Talbot Swansea Valley {{NeathPortTalbot-geo-stub