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Torfaen
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Torfaen (; ) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. Torfaen is bordered by the county of Monmouthshire to the east, the city of Newport to the south, and the county boroughs of Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent to the south-west and north-west. It is within the boundaries of the historic county of Monmouthshire, and between 1974 and 1996 was a district of Gwent, until it was reconstituted as a principal area in 1996.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Torfaen County Borough
- Settlement.settlement_type
- County borough
- Settlement.image_shield
- Arms of Torfaen County Borough Council.svg
- Settlement.motto
- United We Serve
- Settlement.map_caption
- Torfaen shown within Wales
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Sovereign state
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- United Kingdom
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Wales
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Preserved county
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Gwent
- Settlement.established_title
- Incorporated
- Settlement.established_date
- 1 April 1974
- Settlement.established_title1
- Unitary authority
- Settlement.established_date1
- 1 April 1996
- Settlement.seat_type
- AdministrativeHQ
- Settlement.seat
- Pontypool
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 93049
- Area
- 125.6987
- Official website
- www.torfaen.gov.uk
- Image
- Big Pit, Blaenavon.jpg
- Motto
- Gyda'n gilydd mewn Gwasnaeth
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- P12749
- Yiddish
- inception
- 1974-04-01
- Commons category
- Torfaen
Sources (15)
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Article
18 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
- Area characteristics
- Local landmarks
- Pontypool Indoor Market
- Pontypool Park
- Cwmbran Centre
- Blaenavon
- Media
- Politics
- Education
- Railways
- Freedom of the Borough
- Military Units
- Organisations and Groups
- See also
- References
- External links
Torfaen (; ) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. Torfaen is bordered by the county of Monmouthshire to the east, the city of Newport to the south, and the county boroughs of Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent to the south-west and north-west. It is within the boundaries of the historic county of Monmouthshire, and between 1974 and 1996 was a district of Gwent, until it was reconstituted as a principal area in 1996.
==Toponymy== Torfaen (meaning "breaker of stones") is an old name for the river – today called Afon Lwyd ("grey river") – which flows through the county borough from its source north of Blaenavon southward through Abersychan, Pontypool, and Cwmbran. The last three towns mentioned are a contiguous urban area.
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