Pengam
Sign in to savePengam is a former coal village and community in the Rhymney Valley, Caerphilly county borough, in Wales. It is also a community, containing itself and the nearby village of Fleur de Lys, and at the 2001 census it has a population of 3,842, rising slightly to 3,848 at the 2011 Census.
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Place details
- Locality
- Pengam
- Region
- Cymru / Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.official_name
- Pengam
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Caerphilly
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- Gwent
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Newport West and Islwyn
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Islwyn
- UK place.post_town
- BLACKWOOD
- UK place.postcode_district
- NP12
- UK place.postcode_area
- NP
- UK place.dial_code
- 01443
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- ST158971
- UK place.population
- 3,848
- UK place.module
- 240pxMap of the community
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- community
- Official name
- Pengam
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Caerphilly County Borough
- Population
- +3679
- Area
- +231.31
- Image
- Smiths Arms, Pengam - geograph.org.uk - 5769765.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- P7959
- Monmouthshire
- P12749
- C. S. Lewis
Article
3 sectionsContents
- Coal and the railways
- External links
- Notes
Pengam is a former coal village and community in the Rhymney Valley, Caerphilly county borough, in Wales. It is also a community, containing itself and the nearby village of Fleur de Lys, and at the 2001 census it has a population of 3,842, rising slightly to 3,848 at the 2011 Census.
Most of the village is on the east bank of the Rhymney River, in the historic county of Monmouthshire, but those parts of the village on the west bank are known as Glan-y-Nant and are in the historic county of Glamorganshire.