Place:Cwmbran, Torfaen, Wales

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NameCwmbran
Alt namesCwmbrânsource: Wikipedia
TypeTown
Coordinates51.65°N 3°W
Located inTorfaen, Wales     (1949 - )
Contained Places
Cemetery
Cwmbran Cemetery
Cwmbran
Gwent Crematorium
Llwyncelyn Cemetery ( 2010 - )
Inhabited place
Llanvihangel-Llantarnam ( - 2009 )
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Cwmbrân (also spelled Cwmbran and Cwm Bran according to Enwau Cymru) is a new town in Wales. Today forming part of the county borough of Torfaen and lying within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, Cwmbrân was established in 1949 to provide new employment opportunities in the south eastern portion of the South Wales Coalfield. Cwmbrân means Crow Valley. Cwmbrân is twinned with Bruchsal in Germany and Carbonne in France.

Based around the villages of Old Cwmbrân, Pontnewydd, Upper Cwmbrân, Croesyceiliog, Llantarnam and Llanyrafon, its population had grown to 47,254 by 2001. This makes it the sixth largest urban area in Wales.

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