Rhymney
Sign in to saveRhymney (; ) is a town and a community in the county borough of Caerphilly, South Wales. It is within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. With the villages of Pontlottyn, Fochriw, Abertysswg, Deri and New Tredegar, Rhymney is designated as the 'Upper Rhymney Valley' by the local Unitary Authority, Caerphilly County Borough Council. As a community, Rhymney includes the town of Rhymney, Pontlottyn, Abertysswg, Butetown and Twyncarno.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.static_image_name
- St David's Church, Rhymney - geograph.org.uk - 500853.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Saint David's Church, Rhymney
- UK place.welsh_name
- Rhymni
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
- UK place.official_name
- Rhymney
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Caerphilly
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- Gwent
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
- UK place.post_town
- BARGOED
- UK place.postcode_district
- CF81
- UK place.postcode_area
- CF
- UK place.post_town1
- TREDEGAR
- UK place.postcode_district1
- NP22
- UK place.postcode_area1
- NP
- UK place.dial_code
- 01685
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SO115075
- UK place.population
- 8,845
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- community
- Official name
- Rhymney
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Caerphilly County Borough
- Population
- 8757
- Area
- 2158.1
- Image
- View of Pontlottyn and Rhymney - geograph.org.uk - 545173.jpg
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- OS grid reference
- SO115075
- Commons category
- Rhymney
- historic county
- Monmouthshire
- different from
- Rumney
- native label
- Rhymni
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- Vietnam War
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Education and transport
- Notable people and organisations
- "The Bells of Rhymney"
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Rhymney (; ) is a town and a community in the county borough of Caerphilly, South Wales. It is within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. With the villages of Pontlottyn, Fochriw, Abertysswg, Deri and New Tredegar, Rhymney is designated as the 'Upper Rhymney Valley' by the local Unitary Authority, Caerphilly County Borough Council. As a community, Rhymney includes the town of Rhymney, Pontlottyn, Abertysswg, Butetown and Twyncarno.
Rhymney is known to many outside Wales as a result of the song "The Bells of Rhymney", a musical adaptation of a poem by Idris Davies.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rhymney” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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