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
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Blaenafon
- Population
- 6055
- Image
- Wales blaenavon bigpit.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01495
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- Commons category
- Blaenavon
- postal code
- NP4
- P8168
- Paul Bourget
- P12749
- Montée de la Grande Côte
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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.
Parts of the town and surrounding country form the Blaenavon Industrial Landscape, selected as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000.
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