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m{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Lampeter
| welsh_name = Llanbedr Pont Steffan
| country = Wales
| static_image_name = File:High Street, Lampeter. - geograph.org.uk - 423404.jpg
| static_image_caption = Lampeter High Street
| static_image_alt = Lampeter High Street
| population = 2,970
| population_ref = {{small|(2011 census)}}
| os_grid_reference = SN578478
| map_alt = Map of Ceredigion, with a red dot showing the location of Lampeter
| coordinates = {{coord|52.1129|-4.0785|display=inline,title}}
| label_position = right
| post_town = LAMPETER
| postcode_area = SA
| postcode_district = SA48
| dial_code = 01570
| constituency_westminster = [[Ceredigion (UK Parliament constituency)|Ceredigion]]
| london_distance =
| unitary_wales = [[Ceredigion]]
| lieutenancy_wales = [[Dyfed]]
}}
'''Lampeter''' ({{lang-cy|Llanbedr Pont Steffan}}), also known locally as ''Llambed'', is a town and community in [[Ceredigion]], [[Wales]]. In 2011, it had a population of 2,970 people. It is the [[United Kingdom]]'s smallest university town.
Its population makes it [[Ceredigion]]'s third-largest settlement, after [[Aberystwyth]] and [[Cardigan, Ceredigion|Cardigan]].
The town's [[Welsh language|Welsh]] name ''"Pont Steffan"'' means ''Stephen's Bridge''.
Lampeter is best known as being the founding place of the [[Free Wales Army]], a paramilitary organisation that wanted [[independence]] for Wales.
==Twinning==
Lampeter is twinned with:
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Saint-Germain-sur-Moine]], France
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Uwlsdb.jpg|The St David's Building at the University of Wales, Lampeter
File:Lampeter-High Street.jpg|Lampeter High Street
File:Lampeter-Saint Peter church.jpg|St Peter Church, Lampeter
</gallery>
[[Category:Towns in Wales]]
[[Category:Ceredigion]]