Llangan

Llangan
Welsh: *Llanganna*
Llangan Welsh: Llanganna;
	; St Canna's Church, Llangan
	Llangan Location within the Vale of Glamorgan
Population	702 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	SS958775
Community	Llangan;
Principal area	Vale of Glamorgan;
Ceremonial county	South Glamorgan;
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Bridgend
Postcode district	CF35
Dialling code	01446
Police	South Wales
Fire	South Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Vale of Glamorgan;
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Vale of Glamorgan;

Llangan (Welsh: Llanganna) is a small village and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It is located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) outside the market town of Cowbridge. As a community it contains the settlements of St Mary Hill, Treoes and Llangan itself. It is in the historic county of Glamorgan.

Llangan School

Llangan became an important religious site in the late 18th century due to the work and preaching of its church's vicar David Jones an early supporter of Calvinistic Methodism in Wales.[2]

Notes

"Community population 2011". Retrieved 9 April 2015.
Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel; Menna, Baines; Lynch, Peredur I., eds. (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 492. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.

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[1] "Community population 2011". Retrieved 9 April 2015.

[2] Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel; Menna, Baines; Lynch, Peredur I., eds. (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 492. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.