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| {{Infobox town
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| |name=St Donats
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| |welsh=Sain Dunwyd
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| |county=Glamorgan
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| |picture=St.Donat’s Village, Vale of Glamorgan.jpg
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| |picture caption=St Donats village
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| |longitude=-3.5306
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| |latitude=51.4057
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| |population=686
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| |post town=Llantwit Major
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| |postcode=CF61
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| |dialling code=01446
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| |LG district=Vale of Glamorgan
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| |constituency=Vale of Glamorgan
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| '''St Donats''' is a village and parish in [[Glamorgan]], located just west of [[Llantwit Major]]. The parish includes the village of [[Marcross]] and the hamlets of Monknash and East and West Monkton. It is named after the 6th-century saint, Dunwyd, a friend of Saint Cadoc. It has a population of 686.<ref>[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790572 Census 2001]</ref>
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| St Donat's church lies in a depression and is unremarkable from the exterior but contains Stradling monuments.
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| The village is internationally known as the location of the 12th-century [[St Donat's Castle]] which is now an international boarding school occupied by Atlantic College, the first of fourteen United World Colleges. Within the castle grounds lies St Donat's Arts Centre.
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| Saint Donat (Sveti Donat, Saint Donatus) (second half of 8th century - Zadar, Croatia first half of 9th century) was Dalmatian bishop and a diplomat of city of Zadar.
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| File:Atlanticcollege5.jpg|Sea views from the castle
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| File:Atlanticcollege11.jpg|St Donat's Castle, now occupied by Atlantic College
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| </gallery>
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| ==References==
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| {{commons category|St Donats}}
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| [[Category:Towns and villages in Glamorgan]]
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