Treorchy
Sign in to saveTreorchy (; ) is a town and community (and electoral ward) in Wales. Once a mining town, it retains such characteristics. Situated in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf in the Rhondda Fawr valley. Treorchy is also one of the 16 communities of the Rhondda. It includes the villages of Cwmparc and Ynyswen.
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.welsh_name
- Treorci
- UK place.static_image_name
- Treorchy-6760698615 o.jpg
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Rhondda
- UK place.official_name
- Treorchy
- UK place.population
- 7681
- UK place.population_ref
- (Mid-2017 Estimate)
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- Mid Glamorgan
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Rhondda
- UK place.post_town
- TREORCHY
- UK place.postcode_district
- CF42
- UK place.postcode_area
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- community
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Population
- +7694
- Official website
- www.treorchy.net
- Image
- Treorchy - geograph.org.uk - 43500.jpg
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- P7959
- Glamorgan
- P8168
- Levi
- P12749
- Ternana Calcio
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Treorchy (; ) is a town and community (and electoral ward) in Wales. Once a mining town, it retains such characteristics. Situated in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf in the Rhondda Fawr valley. Treorchy is also one of the 16 communities of the Rhondda. It includes the villages of Cwmparc and Ynyswen.
==History== Prior to industrialisation, most of the land was owned by one of the great families of Glamorgan with Treorchy coming under the domain of the Marquess of Bute Estate. The discovery of coal transformed the area. The period following 1851 saw Treorchy becoming an industrial town. The town grew around the coal mining industry during the late 19th and early 20th century, but by the end of the 20th century all the local pits had closed, creating an economic downturn in the community.