Place:Blaenavon, Torfaen (principal area), Wales

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NameBlaenavon
Alt namesBlaenafonsource: Wikipedia
TypeTown
Coordinates51.8°N 3.083°W
Located inTorfaen (principal area), Wales
Contained Places
Cemetery
Blaenavon Cemetery
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Blaenavon 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. The population is 6,055.

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

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