Blaenau Gwent

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county borough principal area of Wales

Blaenau Gwent is a county borough in southeastern Wales known for its industrial heritage and former coal mining communities.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Blaenau Gwent region 1
Monmouthshire 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf county borough ⓘ
principal area of Wales ⓘ
borderedBy Caerphilly ⓘ
Merthyr Tydfil ⓘ
surface form: Merthyr Tydfil County Borough

Monmouthshire ⓘ
Powys ⓘ
Torfaen ⓘ
containsSettlement Abertillery ⓘ
Blaina ⓘ
Brynmawr ⓘ
Ebbw Vale ⓘ
Tredegar ⓘ
containsValley Ebbw Valley ⓘ
Sirhowy Valley ⓘ
country Wales ⓘ
electoralRegion South Wales East ⓘ
governingBody Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council ⓘ
governmentType unitary authority ⓘ
hasAdministrativeCentre Ebbw Vale ⓘ
hasCountryPark Parc Bryn Bach ⓘ
hasDialCode 01495 ⓘ
hasHigherEducationInstitution Coleg Gwent Ebbw Vale campus ⓘ
hasHistoricCounty Monmouthshire ⓘ
hasHistoricIndustry coal mining ⓘ
ironworking ⓘ
steelmaking ⓘ
hasIndustrialHeritageSite Ebbw Vale Steelworks site ⓘ
hasISO3166-2Code GB-BGW ⓘ
hasLeisureFacility Ebbw Vale Sports Centre ⓘ
hasLieutenancyArea Gwent ⓘ
hasNotableEvent Eisteddfod cultural festival ⓘ
surface form: National Eisteddfod of Wales 2010 in Ebbw Vale
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
Welsh ⓘ
hasPostcodeArea NP ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Abertillery railway station ⓘ
Ebbw Vale Parkway railway station ⓘ
Ebbw Vale Town railway station ⓘ
knownFor coal mining history ⓘ
industrial heritage ⓘ
iron and steel production ⓘ
locatedIn South East Wales ⓘ
surface form: southeast Wales
locatedInMountainRange Brecon Beacons in Wales ⓘ
surface form: Brecon Beacons foothills
namedAfter Blaenau Gwent self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Blaenau Gwent region
parliamentaryConstituency Blaenau Gwent self-link ⓘ
partOf United Kingdom ⓘ
timeZone UTC+0 ⓘ
UTC+1 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Caerphilly County Borough → borderedBy → Blaenau Gwent ⓘ
Torfaen → borderedBy → Blaenau Gwent ⓘ
Monmouthshire → borders → Blaenau Gwent ⓘ
South East Wales → contains → Blaenau Gwent ⓘ
subject surface form: South Wales
subject surface form: South Wales
this entity surface form: Monmouthshire
Blaenau Gwent → namedAfter → Blaenau Gwent self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blaenau Gwent region
Blaenau Gwent → parliamentaryConstituency → Blaenau Gwent self-link ⓘ
subject surface form: NP postcode area