Rhondda Cynon Taf
Rhondda Cynon Taf is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It consists of five valleys: the Rhondda Fawr, Rhondda Fach, Cynon, Taff and Ely valleys, plus several towns and villages away from the valleys.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: principal area of Wales with 239,000 residents
- Description: principal area in south-east Wales, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf”, “Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough”, and “Rhondda Cynon Taff”
- Neighbors: Powys
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ynyswen railway station and Treorchy railway station.
Ynyswen railway station
Railway station
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ynyswen railway station is a railway station serving the village of Ynyswen in Rhondda Cynon Taf, south Wales. It is located on the Rhondda Line. It was first opened on this site by British Rail on the former Taff Vale Railway in 1986.
Treorchy railway station
Railway station
Photo: FruitMonkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Treorchy railway station is a railway station serving the town of Treorchy and village of Cwmparc in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is located on the Rhondda Line.
Ton Pentre railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ton Pentre railway station is a railway station serving the village of Ton Pentre in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is located on the Rhondda Line.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maerdy and Aberdare.
Maerdy
Photo: Peter Goodwin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Maerdy is a village of 3,200 people in Glamorgan. The area grew from a farming community to town around the coal mining industry and the development of Mardy Colliery in the late 19th century, but its last pit shut in 1990.
Aberdare
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aberdare is a town in the Cynon Valley area of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, at the confluence of the Rivers Dare and Cynon. Aberdare has a population of 39,550.
Tonypandy
Town
Photo: kenneth rees, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tonypandy is a town, community and electoral ward located in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, within the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan, Wales, lying in the Rhondda Fawr Valley. Tonypandy is situated 3½ miles southeast of Rhondda Cynon Taf.
Rhondda Cynon Taf
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Rhondda Cynon Taf” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “روندا كينون تاف”
- Asturian: “condau de Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- Asturian: “Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- Basque: “Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- Belarusian: “Ронта-Кінан-Тав”
- Breton: “Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- Bulgarian: “Ронда Кънън Таф”
- Catalan: “Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- Cebuano: “Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- Chinese: “Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- Chinese: “朗达卡嫩塔夫”
- Cornish: “Rondha Kynon Tav”
- Czech: “Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- Danish: “Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- Dutch: “Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- Dutch: “Rhondda Cynon Taff”
- Estonian: “Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- Estonian: “Rhondda Cynon Taff”
- Estonian: “Rhondda, Cynon”
- Finnish: “Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- Finnish: “Rhondda Cynon Taff”
- French: “Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- French: “Rhondda Cynon Taff”
- Galician: “Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- German: “GB-RCT”
- German: “Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- German: “Rhondda Cynon Taff”
- Greek: “Ρόντα Σίνον Ταφ”
- Hebrew: “רונד’ה קינון טב”
- Hungarian: “Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- Irish: “Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- Italian: “distretto di contea di Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- Italian: “Distretto di contea di Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- Italian: “Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- Japanese: “ロンザ・カノン・タフ”
- Korean: “론다 사이넌 타프”
- Korean: “론다 사이논 타프”
- Korean: “론다사이넌타프”
- Korean: “론다사이논타프”
- Korean: “론다커논타브”
- Korean: “론다키넌타브 주”
- Korean: “론다키넌타브”
- Ladin: “Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- Latvian: “Ronda Kinona Tāva”
- Lithuanian: “Ronda-Kinonas-Tafas”
- Luxembourgish: “Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- Manx: “Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- Northern Frisian: “Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rhondda Cynon Taff”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rhondda Cynon Taff”
- Norwegian: “Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- Persian: “روندا کنون تاو”
- Polish: “Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- Polish: “Rhondda Cynon Taff”
- Romanian: “Rhondda Cynon Taff”
- Russian: “Ронта Кинон Тав”
- Russian: “Ронта-Кинон-Тав”
- Russian: “Ронта, Кинон, Тав”
- Scots: “Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- Slovenian: “Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- Spanish: “Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- Spanish: “Rhondda Cynon Taff”
- Swedish: “Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- Swedish: “Rhondda Cynon Taff”
- Turkish: “Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- Ukrainian: “Ронта-Кінон-Тав”
- Venetian: “Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Sirol Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- Welsh: “Rhondda Cynon Taf”
- Welsh: “Rhondda Cynon Tâf”
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