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تورواین
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Torfaen (; ) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. Torfaen is bordered by the county of Monmouthshire to the east, the city of Newport to the south, and the county boroughs of Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent to the south-west and north-west. It is within the boundaries of the historic county of Monmouthshire, and between 1974 and 1996 was a district of Gwent, until it was reconstituted as a principal area in 1996.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Torfaen County Borough
- Settlement.settlement_type
- County borough
- Settlement.image_shield
- Arms of Torfaen County Borough Council.svg
- Settlement.motto
- United We Serve
- Settlement.map_caption
- Torfaen shown within Wales
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Sovereign state
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- United Kingdom
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Wales
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Preserved county
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Gwent
- Settlement.established_title
- Incorporated
- Settlement.established_date
- 1 April 1974
- Settlement.established_title1
- Unitary authority
- Settlement.established_date1
- 1 April 1996
- Settlement.seat_type
- AdministrativeHQ
- Settlement.seat
- Pontypool
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of Wales
- Has part
- Big Pit National Coal Museum
- Named after
- Afon Lwyd
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Gwent
- Contains
- Upper Cwmbran
- Capital
- Pontypool
- Official language
- English language
- Population
- 93049
- Area
- 125.6987
- Body of water
- Llandegfedd Reservoir
- Shares border with
- Caerphilly County Borough
- Official website
- www.torfaen.gov.uk
- Image
- Big Pit, Blaenavon.jpg
- Motto
- Gyda'n gilydd mewn Gwasnaeth
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- P12749
- Yiddish
- inception
- 1974-04-01
- Commons category
- Torfaen
- topic's main category
- Category:Torfaen
- different from
- Torfaen
- replaces
- Gwent
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Torfaen
- twinned administrative body
- Karlsruhe
- contains settlement
- Cwmbran
- language used
- English language
- historic county
- Monmouthshire
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Gallery (5)
On the map
3 mapped locations