Penywaun
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Penywaun (also in ) is a community, electoral ward and north-western suburb of Aberdare in the Cynon Valley within the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. At the 2011 census, the population of the ward was registered as 3,063.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Penywaun is referenced by 157 other articles, and connects out to World War II, Wales and list of sovereign states.
Vinony files it under Aberdare, Communities in Rhondda Cynon Taf and Villages in Rhondda Cynon Taf.
Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Penywaun
- Region
- Cymru / Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
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Key facts
- UK place.postcode_area
- CF
- UK place.dial_code
- 01685
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.welsh_name
- Pen-y-waun
- UK place.static_image_name
- Penywaun-penywaun-online.JPG
- UK place.static_image_width
- 250
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Cynon Valley
- UK place.official_name
- Penywaun
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- Mid Glamorgan
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare
- UK place.post_town
- Aberdare
- UK place.postcode_district
- CF44
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SN974045
- UK place.map_type
- nomap
- UK place.module
- 240pxMap of the community
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- community
- Official name
- Pen-y-waun
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Population
- 3063
- Image
- Penywaun-penywaun-online.JPG
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- Commons category
- Penywaun
- OS grid reference
- SN974045
- historic county
- Glamorgan
- P8168
- Great Morava
- P12749
- MTX
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- Etymology
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- Politics
- Sport, leisure and recreation
- Notable people
- References
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Penywaun (also in ) is a community, electoral ward and north-western suburb of Aberdare in the Cynon Valley within the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. At the 2011 census, the population of the ward was registered as 3,063.
==Etymology== Penywaun derives from two common Welsh toponyms "Pen" meaning top or head and "Gwaun" meaning moorland. Writing in 1887, Thomas Morgan states that the toponym (which he spells "Penwaun") indicates the end of the moor known as the Hirwaun Gwrgant or Gwrgan's "Waun".
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