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Tonypandy
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Tonypandy (, ) is a town, community and electoral ward located in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, within the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan, Wales, lying in the Rhondda Fawr Valley. A former industrial coal mining town, the town was the scene of the 1910 Tonypandy riots.

Key facts

UK place.official_name
Tonypandy
UK place.country
Wales
UK place.population
3560
UK place.population_ref
https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2021/report
UK place.unitary_wales
Rhondda Cynon Taf
UK place.lieutenancy_wales
Mid Glamorgan
UK place.constituency_westminster
Rhondda and Ogmore
UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
Rhondda
UK place.post_town
TONYPANDY
UK place.postcode_district
CF40
UK place.postcode_area
CF
UK place.dial_code
01443
UK place.os_grid_reference
SS995925

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  • Toponymy
  • History
  • Pre-industrial
  • Industrial era
  • Sports and recreation
  • Governance
  • Notable people
  • References
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Tonypandy (, ) is a town, community and electoral ward located in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, within the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan, Wales, lying in the Rhondda Fawr Valley. A former industrial coal mining town, the town was the scene of the 1910 Tonypandy riots.

The community boundaries of Tonypandy are drawn relatively tightly around the central part of the urban area. According to the 2011 UK Census, the population of the community was 3,750. The Office for National Statistics defines a larger "Tonypandy built-up area" covering much of the Rhondda Fawr valley and the lower Rhondda Fach valley, which had a population of 62,545 in 2011. They also define a smaller "Tonypandy built-up area sub division" which had a population of 17,789.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tonypandy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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