Hengoed
Hengoed is a town on the west side of the Rhymney Valley - in between Ystrad Mynach to the south and Cefn Hengoed to the north. Throughout the valley it looks in the direction of Maesycwmmer. The town remains in the area borough of Caerphilly, in the standard region of Glamorgan, Wales. The name essentially indicates 'old timber' in the Welsh language. The selecting ward of Hengoed includes the villages of Hengoed and also 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, a boost of 10% over the previous 10 years (2001 = 5,046), due partially to numerous new-build housing developments in the ward in between 2001 as well as 2011.