Pontypridd
Sign in to savePontypridd ( , ), colloquially referred to as Ponty, is a town and a community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales, approximately north west of Cardiff city centre.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Pontypridd,South Wales Central Electoral Region
- UK place.official_name
- Pontypridd
- UK place.population
- 31,206
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021)
- UK place.community_wales
- Pontypridd Town
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- Mid Glamorgan
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Pontypridd
- UK place.post_town
- PONTYPRIDD
- UK place.postcode_district
- CF37
- UK place.postcode_area
- CF
- UK place.dial_code
- 01443
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- ST075895
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Pontypridd
- Population
- 31206
- Official website
- www.pontypriddtowncouncil.org.uk
- Image
- Pontypridd 2001.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01443
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- postal code
- CF37
- OS grid reference
- ST075895
- Commons category
- Pontypridd
- P8168
- 2007 VK184
- P12749
- digambara
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25 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Etymology
- Old Bridge
- Coal
- Iron and steel
- Buildings
- Government
- Pontypridd community
- Transport links
- Railway
- Trams, trolleybuses, and buses
- Education
- Entertainment and social history
- Sport and recreation
- Media
- Culture
- In popular culture
- Twinning
- Notable people
- Sports people
- Bibliography
- See also
- References
- External links
Pontypridd ( , ), colloquially referred to as Ponty, is a town and a community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales, approximately north west of Cardiff city centre.
==Geography== Pontypridd comprises the electoral wards of Cilfynydd, Glyncoch, Graig, Hawthorn, Pontypridd Town, 'Rhondda', Rhydyfelin Central/Ilan, Trallwng (Trallwn) and Treforest. The town mainly falls within the Senedd and UK parliamentary constituency by the same name, although the Cilfynydd and Glyncoch wards fall within the Cynon Valley Senedd constituency and the Cynon Valley UK parliamentary constituency. This change was effective for the 2007 Welsh Assembly election, and for the 2010 UK General Election.
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