Cwmbran
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Cwmbran ( ; , also in use as an alternative spelling in English) is a town in the county borough of Torfaen in South Wales.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.static_image_name
- Leisure at Cwmbran.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Glyndŵr Road in Cwmbran, photographed in July 2018
- UK place.official_name
- Cwmbran
- UK place.welsh_name
- Cwmbrân
- UK place.community_wales
- Cwmbran
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Torfaen
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- Gwent
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Torfaen
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Torfaen
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly1
- Monmouth
- UK place.post_town
- CWMBRAN
- UK place.postcode_district
- NP44
- UK place.postcode_area
- NP
- UK place.dial_code
- 01633
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- ST295955
- UK place.population
- 48,535
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- new town (UK)
- Official name
- Cwmbrân
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Torfaen
- Population
- 48535
- Image
- Cwmbran Town Centre.jpg
- Dialing code
- 1633
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- postal code
- NP44
- OS grid reference
- ST295955
- twinned administrative body
- Bruchsal
- Commons category
- Cwmbran
- topic's main category
- Category:Cwmbran
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Cwmbran
- historic county
- Monmouthshire
- P8168
- locative case
- P12749
- Thomas Edison
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Encyclopedic overview
22 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Toponymy
- History
- Economy
- Cwmbran Centre
- Education
- Sport
- Athletics
- Football
- Rugby union
- Rugby league
- Media
- Media depictions of Cwmbran
- Transport
- Rail
- Bus
- Partner cities
- Notable people
- Notable sights
- Bibliography
- References
- External links
Cwmbran ( ; , also in use as an alternative spelling in English) is a town in the county borough of Torfaen in South Wales.
Lying within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, Cwmbran was designated as a New Town in 1949 to provide new employment opportunities in the south eastern portion of the South Wales Coalfield.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cwmbran” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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