Quarter Bach

<h2 id="description">Description</h2>
<p>It is at the foot of the <a href="/facts/Black_Mountain_(range)/YHdzx1Tj">Black Mountain</a>, in the far east of the county. The main settlement here is <a href="/facts/Brynamman/RoVpnqrS">Upper Brynamman</a>, though it also includes Cefnbrynbrain, Rhosaman and Ystradowen, as well as a substantial amount of open moorland. The community is bordered by the communities of: <a href="/facts/Cwmamman/Tlu4GlmH">Cwmamman</a>; <a href="/facts/Llangadog/sYY0clzq">Llangadog</a>; and <a href="/facts/Llanddeusant%2c_Carmarthenshire/c0x2wyIf">Llanddeusant</a>, all being in Carmarthenshire; by <a href="/facts/Ystradgynlais/mwALMxab">Ystradgynlais</a> in the unitary authority of <a href="/facts/Powys/7eyEwuVB">Powys</a>; and by <a href="/facts/Cwmllynfell/pxLTeLgG">Cwmllynfell</a> and <a href="/facts/Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen/2yCEVTd2">Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen</a> in the unitary authority of <a href="/facts/Neath_Port_Talbot/vjf9QUjX">Neath Port Talbot</a>.
</p><p>According to the <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom_Census_2001/pDqkjzbg">2001 Census</a>, 75.2% of people in Quarter Bach can speak <a href="/facts/Welsh_language/4Pz8r6yk">Welsh</a>, the highest percentage of any ward in Carmarthenshire and indeed in the <a href="/facts/South_Wales/G2YuSorj">southern half of Wales</a>.
</p><p>The actual quoted population at the 2011 Census was 2,921.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a>
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<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p>The civil parish was created on 23 December 1881, prior to this the area was a part of the parish of <a href="/facts/Llangadog/sYY0clzq">Llangadock</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>
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<h2 id="governance">Governance</h2>
<p>At the most local level, Quarter Bach is governed by Cwarter Bach Community Council.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>
</p><p>Cwarter Bach (Quarter Bach until May 2022) is the name of the county <a href="/facts/Electoral_ward/dLcYW8YD">electoral ward</a>, which is represented by one county councillor on <a href="/facts/Carmarthenshire_County_Council/SfwcTroF">Carmarthenshire County Council</a>.
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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=6897276">Photos of Quarter Bach and surrounding area on geograph.org.uk</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Ward and Community populations 2011". Retrieved 16 April 2015. <a href="http://www.ukcensusdata.com/quarter-bach-w05000505#sthash.0xVyXjDX.dpbs" target="_blank">http://www.ukcensusdata.com/quarter-bach-w05000505#sthash.0xVyXjDX.dpbs</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Llandovery Registration District". www.ukbmd.org.uk. <a href="https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/llandovery.html" target="_blank">https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/llandovery.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"Cwarter Bach Community Council". South Wales Guardian. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2022. <a href="https://www.southwalesguardian.co.uk/news/yourlocalnews/10832418.cwarter-bach-community-council/" target="_blank">https://www.southwalesguardian.co.uk/news/yourlocalnews/10832418.cwarter-bach-community-council/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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