Torfaen

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county borough principal area unitary authority

Torfaen is a county borough and principal area in southeast Wales, known for its mix of post-industrial towns and scenic valleys along the Afon Llwyd river.

Aliases (4)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	county borough → principal area → unitary authority →
borderedBy	Blaenau Gwent → Caerphilly → Monmouthshire NERFINISHED → Newport → Powys NERFINISHED →
containsHeritageSite	Blaenavon Industrial Landscape →
containsSettlement	Abersychan → Blaenavon → Croesyceiliog → Cwmbran → Fairwater → Garndiffaith → Griffithstown → New Inn → Ponthir → Pontypool → Talywain →
country	Wales →
governingBody	Torfaen County Borough Council →
governmentType	unitary authority council →
hasAdministrativeCentre	Pontypool →
hasLandscapeFeature	post-industrial towns → upland moorland → valleys →
hasLargestTown	Cwmbran →
hasParliamentaryConstituency	Torfaen (UK Parliament constituency) →
hasPostIndustrialHeritage	coal mining → ironworking → steelmaking →
hasRiver	Afon Llwyd →
hasSeneddConstituency	Torfaen (Senedd constituency) →
hasTown	Blaenavon → Pontypool →
hasTransportInfrastructure	A4042 road NERFINISHED → Afon Llwyd valley road network →
ISO3166-2Code	GB-TOF →
language	English → Welsh →
locatedIn	historic county of Monmouthshire →
namedAfter	Afon Llwyd →
partOf	southeast Wales →
region	historic county of Monmouthshire →
sovereignState	United Kingdom →
timeZone	British Summer Time → Greenwich Mean Time →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Blaenavon Industrial Landscape →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Blaenau Gwent → Caerphilly County Borough → Newport → Newport, Wales →	borderedBy
NP44 → South Wales Valleys →	administrativeArea
South East Wales → South Wales →	contains
Blaenavon Industrial Landscape → Cwmbran ("Torfaen County Borough") →	locatedIn
Cwmbran → Pontypool →	partOf
Pontypool ("Borough of Torfaen") →	administrativeCentreOf
Monmouthshire →	borders
South Wales →	containsAdministrativeArea
Cwmbran ("Torfaen County Borough Council") →	governingBody
Pontypool →	locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Pontypool ("Torfaen principal area") →	region
NP postcode area →	servesCounty