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| Blaenau Gwent county borough | |
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| Geography | |
| Area: - Total - % Water | Ranked 22nd 109 kmē ? % |
| Admin HQ: | Ebbw Vale |
| ISO 3166-2: | GB-BGW |
| ONS code: | 00PL |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total ( April 29, 2001) - Density | Ranked 20th 70,064 643 / kmē |
| Welsh language: - Any skills | Ranked 21st 13.3% |
| Politics | |
Blaenau Gwent Council http://www.blaenau-gwent.gov.uk | |
| Control: | Labour |
| MPThis is a list of MPs elected to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Third Parliament of the United Kingdom at the UK general election, 2001, arranged by constituency. New MPs elected since the general election and changes in party allegiance are noted at: | Llew SmithLlewellyn Thomas Smith (born 16 April 1944) is the Labour MP for Blaenau Gwent in Wales. He is a member of the Socialist Campaign Group. He became MP in 1992, and was previously a member of the European Parliament. He opposed the formation of the National |
Blaenau Gwent is a county boroughCounty borough was a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom to refer to a borough or a city independent of county administration. History When the first county councils were created, it was decided that to let them have authority over the large tow in South WalesFor alternate meanings, see Wales (disambiguation Wales ( Welsh: Cymru pronounced /"k@mrI/ SAMPA, km IPA, 'Kumree' approximate pronunciation) is one of the four nations comprising the United Kingdom (the other three being England, Scotland and Northern Ir. It borders the administrative areas of MonmouthshireMonmouthshire ( Welsh: Sir Fynwy is a county in south-east Wales. The current administrative area was created in 1996 and covers the eastern half of the traditional county namely the following towns: Abergavenny Caldicot Chepstow Monmouth Usk It was forme and TorfaenTorfaen is a county borough in South Wales. It lies within the traditional boundaries of Monmouthshire. The district borders Newport to the south, Monmouthshire to the east, and Blaenau Gwent and Caerphilly to the west. Its main towns are Abersychan, Blae to the east, CaerphillyCaerphilly ( Welsh: Caerffili is a town in Glamorgan, Wales, located at the bottom of the Rhymney valley, in the South Welsh Valleys. It is the site of Caerphilly castle built in the 13th and 14th centuries, and is the main town in the county borough of C to the west and PowysPowys is an administrative county in Wales, over 2000 sq. It covers the areas of the traditional counties of Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire and Brecknockshire. It was created in the local government reform of 1974, and originally had Montgomery and Radnor a to the north. Its main towns are
The borough was formed in 1974 as a district in the new administrative county of Gwent. It was a merger of the Monmouthshire urban districts of Abertillery, Ebbw Vale, Nantyglo and Blaina and Tredegar , along with Brynmawr urban district and the parish of Llanelly in Brecknockshire.
It was reconstituted in 1996 as a county borough, excluding Llanelly which instead was transferred to the reconstituted Monmouthshire.
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