Place:Torfaen (principal area), Wales

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NameTorfaen (principal area)
Alt namesTor-faensource: Wikipedia
TypePrincipal area
Coordinates51.667°N 3°W
Located inWales     (1996 - )
See alsoMonmouthshire, Waleshistorical county covering the area until 1974
Gwent, Walespreserved county covering the area 1974-1996
Contained Places
Cemetery
Castell y Bwch
Pontypool Cemetery
St. Peter's Church
Civil parish
Abersychan ( 1996 - )
Blaenavon ( 1996 - )
Cwmbran ( 1996 - )
Griffithstown ( 1996 - )
Henllys ( 1996 - )
Llanfihangel Llantarnam ( 1996 - )
Llanfrechfa Lower ( 1996 - )
Llanfrechfa Upper ( 1996 - )
Llanfrechfa ( 1996 - )
Llanvihangel Pont y Moile ( 1996 - )
Mamhilad ( 1996 - )
Panteg ( 1996 - )
Pontypool ( 1996 - )
Trevethin ( 1996 - )
Inhabited place
Blaenavon
Cefnycrib
Clydach
Cwmbran ( 1949 - )
Penygarn
Ponthir
Pontnewydd
Pontrhydyrn
Pontymoyle
Trosnant
Varteg
Parish (ancient)
Abersychan ( 1996 - )
Griffithstown ( 1996 - )
Henllys ( 1996 - )
Llanfrechfa ( 1996 - )
Llanvihangel Pont y Moile ( 1996 - )
Mamhilad ( 1996 - )
Panteg ( 1996 - )
Trevethin ( 1996 - )
Parochial area
Llanfrechfa Lower ( 1996 - )
Llanfrechfa Upper ( 1996 - )
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Image:WalesTorfaen.png :the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Torfaen (Welsh: Tor-faen) is a modern County Borough and principal area in Wales covering part of the historic county of Monmouthshire. It was originally formed in 1974 as a district of the county of Gwent and in 1996 it was reconstituted as a principal area.

Torfaen is bordered by the principal area of Monmouthshire to the east, the city of Newport to the south, and the county boroughs of Caerphilly to the southwest and Blaenau Gwent to the northwest.

The area has a population of around 91,000. Much of the southern part of the county borough around the Cwmbran new town conurbation is now urbanised. The north of the county borough is greener and retains extensive areas of countryside, especially on the route to Blaenavon.

The administrative centre is Pontypool in the centre of the County Borough.

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