Blaenavon (Welsh: Blaenafon) is a town and World Heritage Site in Torfaen, southern Wales, lying at the source of the Llwyd River. The town lies high on a hillside and has a population of around 5,000 people. For local government purposes, Wales is divided into 22 unitary authorities. ... Torfaen (sometimes hyphenated Tor-faen) is a county borough in South Wales. ... Home Nations is a term to refer to the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom — England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland — collectively, but as separate entities, distinct from the United Kingdom as a whole. ... National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English(100%), Welsh(20. ... Wales has thirteen traditional counties (or vice counties). ... Monmouthshire (Welsh: Sir Fynwy) is a traditional county and principal area in south-east Wales. ... The Preserved counties of Wales are the current areas used in Wales for ceremonial purposes such as Lieutenancy. ... Gwent is the area of south-easternmost Wales, bordering on the Welsh Marches of southwest England. ... To see the list in alphabetical order see the categories UK Parliamentary constituencies and UK Parliamentary constituencies (historic). ... Torfaen is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... A post town is a required part of all UK postal addresses. ... Australian and UK postal codes are known as postcodes. ... The UK telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Numbering Plan, is regulated by the Office of Communications (Ofcom), which replaced the Office of Telecommunications (Oftel) in 2003. ... Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ... A street in Ynysybwl, Wales, relatively stereotypical of a small town A town is usually an urban area which is not considered to rank as a city. ... Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ... Torfaen (sometimes hyphenated Tor-faen) is a county borough in South Wales. ... National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English(100%), Welsh(20. ...

Blaenavon grew around an ironworks opened in 1788, part of which is now a museum. The steel-making and coal mining industries followed, boosting the town's population to over 20,000 at one time, but since the ironworks closed in 1900 and the coal mine in 1980, the population has declined. Ironworks at Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, England An ironworks is a building or site where iron is smelted and where heavy iron products are made. ... 1788 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... A museum is typically a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ... // Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon being the primary alloying material. ... Wyoming coal mine The most economical method of coal extraction from coal seams depends on the depth and quality of the seams, and also the geology and environmental factors of the area being mined. ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

Attractions in the town include the Big Pit mining museum and the Pontypool and Blaenavon steam railway.

Blaenavon is twinned with Centras, France. This article is about partnerships between towns distant from each other; see Twin cities for the unrelated concept of physically neighbouring cities. ...