Blaenavon, Torfaen, Wales, United Kingdom


🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Blaenavon (Blaenafon) is a town and community in Torfaen county borough, Wales, high on a hillside on the source of the Afon Lwyd. It is within the boundaries of the historic county of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent.

Parts of the town and surrounding country form the Blaenavon Industrial Landscape, inscribed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000.

River Usk, Newport, South Wales 
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Blaenavon has a population of over 6,055 people. Blaenavon also forms part of the wider Torfaen District which has a population of over 93,961 people. Blaenavon is situated near Pontypool.

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