Blaenavon
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Blaenavon () is a town and community in Torfaen county borough, Wales, high on a hillside on the source of the Afon Lwyd. It is within the boundaries of the historic county of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent. The population is 6,055.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.welsh_name
- Blaenafon
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Torfaen
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- Gwent
- UK place.map_alt
- Blaenavon is in the north of the district of Torfaen, in south east Wales
- UK place.official_name
- Blaenavon
- UK place.static_image_name
- Blaenavon Workmen's Hall and War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 1855042.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Blaenavon War Memorial and Workmen's Hall
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Torfaen
- UK place.community_wales
- Blaenavon
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Torfaen
- UK place.post_town
- PONTYPOOL
- UK place.postcode_district
- NP4
- UK place.postcode_area
- NP
- UK place.dial_code
- 01495
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SO 255 095
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 17.83
- UK place.population
- 6,055
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Official name
- Blaenafon
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 6055
- Shares border with
- Llanfoist
- Image
- Wales blaenavon bigpit.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01495
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- Commons category
- Blaenavon
- twinned administrative body
- Coutras
- postal code
- NP4
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- historic county
- Monmouthshire
- P8168
- Paul Bourget
- P12749
- Montée de la Grande Côte
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Governance
- Geography
- Demography
- Economy
- Culture and community
- Landmarks
- Transport
- Education
- Religious sites
- Sport
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Blaenavon () is a town and community in Torfaen county borough, Wales, high on a hillside on the source of the Afon Lwyd. It is within the boundaries of the historic county of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent. The population is 6,055.
Parts of the town and surrounding country form the Blaenavon Industrial Landscape, selected as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Blaenavon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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