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Cwmbran Central (Welsh: Cwmbrân Ganol) is a community in the new town of Cwmbran, Torfaen, South Wales. It had a population of 9,947 as of the 2011 United Kingdom census . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
The county council was abolished in 1996 and Torfaen became a principal area with county borough status, with the council taking over the functions previously performed by the county council. [ 5 ] Borough status allows Torfaen to give the chair of the council the title of mayor.
Cwmbran was a civil parish and, from 1974, a community in its own right, one of only five in the new district of Torfaen. In 1985, the Cwmbran community was abolished, replaced by Cwmbran Central, Fairwater, Llantarnam, Pontnewydd and Upper Cwmbran. [8]
Torfaen is a unitary authority in South East Wales. ... Cwmbran Central: 9,947 [4] 12 Fairwater [c] 11,632 [5] 11 Henllys: 2,682 [6] 14 Llantarnam: 4,125 [7] 15 ...
Torfaen (/ t ɔːr ˈ v aɪ n /; [tɔrˈvaɪn]) 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.
The former Gwent County Hall was located in Croesyceiliog. [3] Until 2012 it provided the main administrative base for Monmouthshire County Council (even though it was outside that administrative area) and Gwent Police, and some offices for Torfaen County Borough Council.
Torfaen 51°38′41″N 3°02′52″W / 51.64462°N 3.04773°W / 51.64462; -3 Fairwater is a community and suburb of Cwmbran in the county borough of Torfaen , in south east Wales , and was built by the Cwmbran Development Corporation between 1963 and 1966.
Llantarnam (Welsh: Llanfihangel Llantarnam) is a village of Cwmbran, and is a community and electoral ward in the county borough of Torfaen in south east Wales. The ward covers the same area as the community, but also includes Southville. It is equidistant from Cwmbran town centre and the town of Caerleon.