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{{Short description|Village, parish and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | official_name = Cilgerran | static_image_name = St Llawddogs, Cilgerran (geograph 2153547).jpg | static_image_caption = Parish Church of St Llawddog | coordinates = {{coord|52.05322|-4.63396|display=inline,title}} | label_position = left | population = 1,507 | population_ref = (2011)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126280&c=SA37+0HD&d=16&e=62&g=6491599&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1429285777131&enc=1 |title=Community population 2011 |work=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] |access-date=17 April 2015 |archive-date=17 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417192132/https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126280&c=SA37+0HD&d=16&e=62&g=6491599&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1429285777131&enc=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | os_grid_reference = SN195427 | community_wales = Cilgerran | unitary_wales = [[Pembrokeshire]] | lieutenancy_wales = [[Dyfed]] | country = Wales | post_town = CARDIGAN | postcode_area = SA | postcode_district = SA43 | dial_code = 01239 | constituency_welsh_assembly = [[Preseli Pembrokeshire (Assembly constituency)|Preseli Pembrokeshire]] | constituency_westminster = [[Preseli Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Preseli Pembrokeshire]] | module= [[File:2024 Wales Pembrokeshire Community Cilgerran map.svg|240px]]<br />Map of the community }} '''Cilgerran''' (previously Kilgerran or Cil-Garon) is both a village, a [[parish]], and also a [[Community (Wales)|community]], situated on the south bank of the [[River Teifi]] in [[Pembrokeshire]], [[Wales]]. It was formerly an incorporated [[market town]]. Among Cilgerran's attractions are [[Cilgerran Castle]] and annual [[coracle]] races. Kilgerran Halt was a stop on the former [[Whitland and Cardigan Railway]]. There are a number of [[listed building]]s, including the parish church. Nearby are the hamlets of Llwyncelyn, [[Rhoshill, Pembrokeshire|Rhoshill]], Cnwce, [[Bridell|Pen-y-bryn]], Carreg-wen and Pontrhydyceirt, and the villages of [[Llechryd]] and [[Boncath]]. [[Cilgerran Hundred]] derives its title from the former town,<ref name=Genuki>{{cite web|title=GENUKI: Cilgerran|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/PEM/Cilgerran/|access-date=10 June 2014}}</ref> which was once the headquarters of the [[commote]] of ''Emlyn is Cuch'' (Emlyn below the [[Afon Cych|River Cych]]). Slate quarrying was an important activity in the 19th century.
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