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Comins Coch
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Location within Ceredigion | |
OS grid reference | SN614823 |
• Cardiff | 90 mi (140 km)SE |
Community | |
Principal area | |
Preserved county | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | ABERYSTWYTH |
Postcode district | SY23 |
Dialling code | 01970 |
Police | Dyfed-Powys |
Fire | Mid and West Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
UK Parliament | |
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Comins Coch (officially spelt Comins-coch [1] ) is a small village in Ceredigion, Wales, to the northeast of Aberystwyth. The village is covered by Faenor community/parish council. [2]
There are approximately 300 residents living in the village, which includes a primary school, phone box and a post box. The village incorporates two main housing estates, one consisting in part of rental and leasehold properties owned and managed by housing association Barcud Cyfyngedig. [3]
Ysgol Comins Coch (Comins Coch Primary School) [4] is currently the largest property in the village, with approximately 170 pupils and over 20 members of staff as of 2023.
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