Pontypool

Pontypool is a town and the administrative centre of the county borough of , within the historic boundaries of in . As of 2021, it has a population of 29,062.
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  • Type: Town with 28,300 residents
  • Description: town in Torfaen, south-east Wales
  • Also known as: “Pont-y-Pwl”, “Pontypwl”, and “Pontypŵl”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Pontypool Market and Torfaen County Borough Council.

Marketplace
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a marketplace.

Government office
is the local authority…

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

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Inn and Trevethin.

Suburb
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is a village and community directly south east…

Suburb
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
or Trefethin is a suburb of Pontypool and a community in , .

Suburb
Photo: Andy Dingley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a large suburb of Pontypool in the…

Pontypool

Latitude
51.7017° or 51° 42′ 6″ north
Longitude
-3.0405° or 3° 2′ 26″ west
Population
28,300
Elevation
568 feet (173 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB PTP
Open location code
9C3RPX25+MQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27199757
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2640106
Wiki­data ID
Q1021164
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Pontypool” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Pont-y-pŵl”
  • Azerbaijani: “Pontipul”
  • Basque: “Pontypool”
  • Breton: “Pont-y-pŵl”
  • Bulgarian: “Понтъпул”
  • Cebuano: “Pontypool”
  • Chinese: “庞蒂浦”
  • Chinese: “龐蒂浦”
  • Czech: “Pontypool”
  • Danish: “Pontypool”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Pontypool”
  • Dutch: “Pontypool”
  • Esperanto: “Pontypool”
  • Finnish: “Pontypool”
  • French: “Pontypool”
  • German: “Pontypool”
  • Irish: “Pont-y-pŵl”
  • Italian: “Pontypool”
  • Japanese: “ポンティプール”
  • Korean: “폰티풀”
  • Latvian: “Pontipūla”
  • Northern Frisian: “Pontypool”
  • Norwegian: “Pontypool”
  • Persian: “پونتیپول”
  • Polish: “Pontypool”
  • Portuguese: “Pontypool”
  • Russian: “Понтипул”
  • Russian: “Понтъпул”
  • Slovak: “Pontypool”
  • Spanish: “Pontypool”
  • Swedish: “Pontypool”
  • Ukrainian: “Понтіпул”
  • Welsh: “Pont-y-pŵl”
  • “Pontypool”

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