Hengoed
Hengoed is a town on the west side of the Rhymney Valley - in between Ystrad Mynach to the south and Cefn Hengoed to the north. Throughout the valley it looks in the direction of Maesycwmmer. The town remains in the area district of Caerphilly, in the standard area of Glamorgan, Wales. The name literally suggests 'old timber' in the Welsh language. The electoral ward of Hengoed consists of 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 boost of 10% over the previous ten years (2001 = 5,046), due in part to numerous new-build housing developments in the ward in between 2001 and also 2011.