Bettws, Bridgend
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| Bettws shown within Bridgend | |
| Population | 2,253 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SS899867 |
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| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BRIDGEND |
| Postcode district | CF32 8 |
| Dialling code | 01656 |
| Police | South Wales |
| Fire | South Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
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Bettws /ˈbɛtuːs/, also spelled 'Betws', is a small ex-mining and farming village in the South Wales Valleys in the county borough of Bridgend, Wales. The population of Bettws is around 2,400 according to The Betws LIFE Centre.
Bryngarw Country Park is approximately one mile away, with a footpath leading there from the village. The village is around 3 miles away from Junction 36 on the M4 Motorway, and is located to the west of Llangeinor and to the north of Brynmenyn.
Bettws is located in the southern part of Bridgend County Borough in South Wales. It is located 4.7 miles (7.6 km) south of the town of Bridgend and lies on the west side of the main A4064 road. It is situated on the River Ogmore, and is watered by the Llynfi and Garw rivulets which border the village on both its sides. The nearest parish to Bettws is Llangeinor to the north-east, and Llangonoyd to the west.
At the national level Bettws is in the Welsh parliamentary constituency of Ogmore, for which Chris Elmore (Labour) has been MP since 2016. In the constituency's by-election of 2016, Elmore won 12,383 votes (52.6%), giving him a majority of 8,575; the United Kingdom Independence Party won 3,808 votes (16.2%) and the Plaid Cymru party won 3,683 (15.7%), while the Conserative Party and the Liberal Democrats each won fewer than 3,000 votes, the Conservative Party performed better of the two. In the Welsh Assembly Bettws is in the constituency of Bridgend for which Carwyn Jones, the First Minister of Wales, has been the Assembly Member since 1999. For European elections Tythegston is in the Wales constituency.
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