Torfaen County Borough

Torfaen is a county borough in the south-east of . Torfaen is bordered by the county of to the east, the city of to the south, and the county boroughs of Caerphilly and to the south-west and north-west.
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  • Type: principal area with 94,100 residents
  • Description: principal area in south-east Wales
  • Also known as: “Borough de la Torfaen”, “Bwrdeistref Sirol Torfaen”, “County Borough of Torfaen”, “GB-TOF”, “Tor-faen”, “Torfaen”, “Torfaen Borough”, “Торфайн”, “토파엔”, and “토파엔 주”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Pontypool Market and Torfaen County Borough Council.

Marketplace
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is a marketplace.

Government office
is the local authority…

Park
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is a 150-acre park in , Torfaen, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pontypool and Cwmbran.

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is a town and the administrative centre…

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is a new town in , .

Town
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is a town and community north of …

Torfaen County Borough

Latitude
51.7015° or 51° 42′ 5″ north
Longitude
-3.0514° or 3° 3′ 5″ west
Population
94,100
Elevation
679 feet (207 metres)
Abbreviation
“TOF”
Open location code
9C3RPW2X+HF
Geo­Names ID
3333249
Wiki­data ID
Q643919
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Torfaen County Borough” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تورفين”
  • Armenian: “Տորվայն”
  • Azerbaijani: “Torvayn”
  • Basque: “Torfaen”
  • Bengali: “টরফেন কাউন্টি বরো”
  • Breton: “Torfaen”
  • Bulgarian: “Торвайн”
  • Catalan: “Torfaen”
  • Cebuano: “Torfaen County Borough”
  • Cebuano: “Torfaen”
  • Chinese: “托法恩”
  • Chinese: “托法恩自治市”
  • Cornish: “Torr-ven”
  • Danish: “Torfaen”
  • Dutch: “Torfaen”
  • Esperanto: “Torfaen”
  • Estonian: “Torfaen”
  • Finnish: “Torfaen”
  • French: “Torfaen”
  • German: “Torfaen”
  • Gujarati: “ટોરફાએન કાઉન્ટી બોરો”
  • Ido: “Torfaen”
  • Irish: “Torfaen”
  • Italian: “Distretto di contea di Torfaen”
  • Italian: “Torfaen”
  • Japanese: “トルヴァエン”
  • Kannada: “ಟೊರ್ಫಾನ್ ಕೌಂಟಿ ಬರೋ”
  • Korean: “토르바인”
  • Ladin: “Torfaen”
  • Latvian: “Torvaina”
  • Lithuanian: “Torfainas”
  • Manx: “Torfaen”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Torfaen”
  • Northern Frisian: “Torfaen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Torfaen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Torfaen”
  • Norwegian: “Torfaen”
  • Persian: “تورواین”
  • Polish: “Torfaen”
  • Portuguese: “Torfaen”
  • Romanian: “Torfaen”
  • Russian: “Торвайн”
  • Scots: “Torfaen”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Torfaen”
  • Slovenian: “Torfaen”
  • Spanish: “Torfaen”
  • Swedish: “Torfaen”
  • Tamil: “டோரபாயின் கவுண்டி பாரூக்ஹ்”
  • Telugu: “టార్ఫాన్ కౌంటీ బోరో”
  • Turkish: “Torfaen”
  • Ukrainian: “Торван”
  • Urdu: “تورفاین کاؤنٹی بورو”
  • Urdu: “ٹورفاین”
  • Venetian: “Torfaen”
  • Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Sirol Tor-faen”
  • Welsh: “Torfaen”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Sowhill and Tranch.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Pontypool Park and Pen Coed Parciau.

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Worth a closer look: Cardiff and Swansea.

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