Blaenau Gwent
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Blaenau Gwent County Borough Bwrdeistref Sirol Blaenau Gwent |
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| county borough | |
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| Admin HQ | Ebbw Vale |
| Government | |
| • Type |
 Blaenau Gwent Council http://www.blaenau-gwent.gov.uk/ |
| • Control | Labour |
| • MP | Nick Smith (Welsh Labour) |
| • AM | Alun Davies (Welsh Labour) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 109 km2 (42 sq mi) |
| Area rank | Ranked 22nd |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 69,500 |
| • Rank | Ranked 21st |
| • Density | 639/km2 (1,660/sq mi) |
| • Density rank | Ranked 5th |
| • Ethnicity | 99.1% White |
| Welsh language | |
| • Rank | Ranked 21st of 22 |
| • Any skills | 13.3% |
| Geocode | 00PL (ONS) W06000019 (GSS) |
| ISO 3166 code | GB-BGW |
Blaenau Gwent (pronounced /ˌblaɪnaɪ ˈɡwɛnt/, Welsh: [ˈbləɨ.naɨ]) is a county borough in South Wales, sharing its name with a parliamentary constituency. It borders the unitary authority areas of Monmouthshire and Torfaen to the east, Caerphilly to the west and Powys to the north. Its main towns are Abertillery, Brynmawr, Ebbw Vale and Tredegar. Its highest point is Coity Mountain at 578 metres (1,896 ft).
The borough was formed in 1974 as a local government district 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.
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