Hengoed
Hengoed is a town on the west side of the Rhymney Valley - between Ystrad Mynach to the south and also Cefn Hengoed to the north. Throughout the valley it looks in the direction of Maesycwmmer. The town remains in the region borough of Caerphilly, in the typical area of Glamorgan, Wales. The name literally suggests 'old timber' in the Welsh language. The selecting ward of Hengoed includes the towns of Hengoed and also Cefn Hengoed and also a part of Tir-y-Berth in the north west. The ward population was recorded at 5,548 in the 2011 census, a rise of 10% over the previous 10 years (2001 = 5,046), due in part to numerous new-build housing developments in the ward between 2001 and also 2011.