Torfaen
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Torfaen County Borough Bwrdeistref Sirol Torfaen |
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| county borough | |
 Map of Torfaen with principal towns and location in Wales in inset |
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| Admin HQ | Pontypool |
| Government | |
| • Type | Torfaen County Borough Council |
| • Control | Labour |
| • MP | |
| • AM | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 126 km2 (49 sq mi) |
| Area rank | Ranked 20th |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 91,800 |
| • Rank | Ranked 18th |
| • Density | 730/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
| • Density rank | Ranked 3rd |
| • Ethnicity | 98% White 1.1% Asian 0.7% Mixed 0.2% Black |
| Welsh language | |
| • Rank | Ranked 19th |
| • Any skills | 14.5% |
| Geocode | 00PM (ONS) W06000020 (GSS) |
| ISO 3166 code | GB-TOF |
Torfaen (/tɔːrˈvaɪn/; Welsh: Tor-faen [tɔrˈvaɪn]) is a county borough in Wales within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It was originally formed in 1974 as a district of the county of Gwent and in 1996 it was reconstituted as a principal area.
Torfaen (meaning "break-stone") is an old name for the river – today called Afon Lwyd ("grey river") – which flows through the county borough from its source north of Blaenavon southward through Abersychan, Pontypool, and Cwmbran.
Torfaen is bordered by the county of Monmouthshire to the east, the city of Newport to the south, and the county boroughs of Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent to, respectively, the south-west and north-west.
The area has a population of around 91,000. Much of the southern part of the county borough around the Cwmbran new town conurbation is now urbanised. The north of the county borough is greener and retains extensive areas of countryside, especially on the route to Blaenavon.
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