Kidwelly is a community and also area in Carmarthenshire, southwest Wales, roughly 7 miles (11 km) northwest of the most populous town in the area, Llanelli. In the 2001 census the area of Kidwelly returned a population of 3,289, increasing to 3,523 at the 2011 Census. It pushes the River Gwendraeth over Carmarthen Bay. Local attractions consist of Kidwelly Castle, established in 1106; a fourteenth-century bridge and also gate; the former quay (now a nature book); a Norman parish church, and an industrial gallery. Kidwelly Carnival is an annual event hung on the second Saturday of July. Previous carnivals have actually included aerial displays. The town is twinned with French town Saint-Jacut-de-la-Mer on the north shore of Brittany.