Place:Risca, Monmouthshire, Wales

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NameRisca
Alt namesRhisgasource: Welsh translation
Pontymistersource: settlement in parish
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates51.608°N 3.091°W
Located inMonmouthshire, Wales     ( - 1996)
Also located inGwent, Wales     (1974 - 1996)
Caerphilly (principal area), Wales     (1996 - )
See alsoGwynllwg Commute, Monmouthshire, Walescommute in which it was located
Wentloog Hundred, Monmouthshire, Waleshundred in which it was located
source: Family History Library Catalog
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Risca (Welsh: Rhisga) is a town of approximately 11,500 people in southeast Wales, now within the Caerphilly County Borough, but before 1974 within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It is today part of the Newport conurbation (which as a whole has a population of 140,200), though it is not a Ward of Newport City Council. Risca has a railway station in operation, opened on the Ebbw Valley Railway in February 2008, after a gap of 46 years.

The town lies at the southeastern edge of the South Wales Coalfield and the town has been shaped by mining, together with other heavy industries, for many centuries.

Rapid population increase started around 1820 with the opening of the mines (statistics in Wikipedia). Numbers quoted include the nearby villages of Crosskeys and Pontymister.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Risca.

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