Editing Cynon Valley (section)

{{Short description|Former coal mining valley in Wales}}
{{EngvarB|date=April 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{infobox historic subdivision
| Name                = Cynon Valley
| HQ                  = [[Aberdare]] ([[Welsh language|Welsh]]: Aberdâr)
| Status              = [[Districts of Wales|District]], [[borough status in the United Kingdom|Borough]]
| Start               = 1 April 1974
| End                 = 31 March 1996
| Replace             = [[Rhondda Cynon Taf]]
| image_map           = Cynon Valley au pays de Galles (1974-1996).svg
| image_map_caption   = Cynon Valley district (1974-1996) shown within Wales
| PopulationFirst     = 69,630<ref>Registrar General's annual estimated figure mid 1973</ref> 
| PopulationFirstYear = 1973 
| AreaFirst           = {{convert|44639|acre|km2}}<ref name=guidep60>{{cite book |title=Local government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System |year=1974 |publisher=[[HMSO]] |location=London |isbn=0-11-750847-0 |page=60 }}</ref> 
| AreaFirstYear       = 1974
| PopulationLast      = 65,600<ref>OPCS Key Population and statistics 1992 cited in {{cite book |title=Whitaker's Concise Almanack 1995 |year=1994 |publisher=J Whitaker & Sons |location=London |isbn=0-85021-247-2 |page=566}}</ref>
| PopulationLastYear  = 1992
}}

[[File:River Cynon Abercynon Aberdare Blog.jpg|thumb|[[River Cynon]] from [[Abercynon]] bridge]]

'''Cynon Valley''' ({{Langx|cy|Cwm Cynon}}) is a former [[South Wales Valleys|coal mining valley]] in [[Wales]]. It lies between [[Rhondda]] and the [[Merthyr Tydfil|Merthyr Valley]] and takes its name from the [[River Cynon]]. [[Aberdare]] is located in the north of the valley and [[Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf|Mountain Ash]] in the south. From 1974 to 1996, Cynon Valley was a [[Districts of Wales|local government district]].

At the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 census]], the Cynon Valley had a population of 63,512,<ref name=census>{{cite web |url=http://www.assemblywales.org/03-030.pdf |title=2001 Census of Population. Key Statistics for Assembly Constituencies: Cynon Valley |publisher=Welsh Assembly |date=April 2003}}</ref> 12.1% of whom were [[Welsh language|Welsh]] speakers. In common with some of the other [[South Wales Valleys]], Cynon Valley had a high percentage of Welsh speakers until the early 20th century.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}