Aberfan
Aberfan ( Welsh [ˌabɛrˈvan] ) is a mining village in the valley of the River Taff south of Merthyr Tydfil (Welsh Merthyr Tudful ) in South Wales and thus part of the South Wales Valleys . The village attracted international attention with the mining disaster of Aberfan , which resulted in 144 deaths (including 116 children) in 1966.
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Aberfan is on the A470 , A4045 and B4273 . On the opposite bank of the river in the municipality of Merthyr Vale is Merthyr Vale (Welsh Ynysowen ) station, which is on the Merthyr Tydfil – Cardiff railway and is served every half hour by trains from Transport for Wales / Trafnidiaeth Cymru .
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Coordinates: 51 ° 42 ′ N , 3 ° 21 ′ W