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Blaenau Gwent
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principal area in south-east Wales
Key facts
- Sovereign state
- United Kingdom
- Country
- Wales
- Preserved county
- Gwent
- Incorporated
- 1 April 1996
- Administrative hq
- Ebbw Vale
- Type
- Principal council
- Body
- Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council
- Control
- Labour
- Mps
- Nick Smith ( L )
- Mss
- 6 in Blaenau Gwent Caerffili Rhymni
- Total
- 42 sq mi (109 km )
- Rank
- 22nd
- Density
- 1,620/sq mi (624/km )
- Time zone
- UTC+0 ( GMT )
- Summer dst
- UTC+1 ( BST )
- Iso 3166 code
- GB-BGW
- Gss code
- W06000019
- Website
- blaenau-gwent .gov .uk
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- principal area of Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Wales
- Population
- 69713
- Area
- 108.7279
- Shares border with
- Torfaen
- Official website
- www.blaenau-gwent.gov.uk/cy/hafan
- Image
- View in Blaenau Gwent (4641538).jpg
- Motto
- Undeb a Rhyddid
Show 10 more facts
- native label
- Blaenau Gwent
- Commons category
- Blaenau Gwent County Borough
- topic's main category
- Category:Blaenau Gwent
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Blaenau Gwent
- twinned administrative body
- Oberhausen-Rheinhausen
- located in/on physical feature
- Great Britain
- language used
- English language
- replaces
- Gwent
- historic county
- Monmouthshire
- P12749
- Varese Calcio
Sources (11)
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Encyclopedic overview
Blaenau Gwent (/ˌblaɪnaɪ ˈɡwɛnt/; Welsh: [ˈbləi.nai]) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It borders Monmouthshire and Torfaen to the east, Caerphilly to the west and Powys to the north. Its main towns are Abertillery, Brynmawr, Ebbw Vale and Tredegar. Its highest point is Coity Mountain at 1,896 feet (578 m).
Government
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Blaenau Gwent” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.