Editing Pontypool (section)

{{Short description|Town in Torfaen, Wales}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{infobox UK place
| country                     = Wales
| coordinates                 = {{coord|51.703|-03.041|display=inline,title}}
| official_name               = Pontypool
| welsh_name                  = Pont-y-pŵl
| unitary_wales               = [[Torfaen]]
| lieutenancy_wales           = [[Gwent (county)|Gwent]]
| static_image_name           = <!-- images and maps -----------> {{multiple image
| border                   = infobox
| perrow            = 1/2/2/2/2
| total_width       = 250
| image1 = Crane Street, Pontypool - geograph.org.uk - 357790.jpg
| image2 = Pontypool, Crane Street (35485998470).jpg
| image3 = Pontymoile Gates - geograph.org.uk - 835658.jpg
| footer = From the top, Crane Street, Baptist Chapel, [[Pontypool Park]]}}
| static_image_caption        = 
| constituency_westminster    = [[Torfaen (UK Parliament constituency)|Torfaen]]
| constituency_welsh_assembly = [[Torfaen (Assembly constituency)|Torfaen]]
| post_town                   = PONTYPOOL
| postcode_district           = NP4
| postcode_area               = NP
| dial_code                   = 01495
| os_grid_reference           = SO285005
| population                  = 29,062
}}
'''Pontypool''' ({{langx|cy|Pont-y-pŵl}} {{IPA|cy|ˌpɔntəˈpuːl|}}) is a town and the administrative centre of the county borough of [[Torfaen]], within the [[Historic counties of Wales|historic boundaries]] of [[Monmouthshire (historic)|Monmouthshire]] in [[South Wales]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/60045 |title=Cwm Lickey, Pontypool:: OS grid ST2698 at Geograph |publisher=Geograph.org.uk |access-date=15 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/60046 |title=Cwm Lickey, Pontypool:: OS grid ST2698 at Geograph |publisher=Geograph.org.uk |access-date=15 July 2013}}</ref> {{As of|2021}}, it has a population of 29,062.<ref name="population">{{Cite web |title=Pontypool (Torfaen, Wales / Cymru, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/wales/torfaen/W45000460__pontypool/ |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=www.citypopulation.de|first=Thomas|last=Brinkhoff}}</ref>{{Verify source|date=October 2023|reason=Website cites the 2021 census as its source, but, when trying to navigate the actual 2021 census results website (via https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/areas/area/?code=W02000326), it's only giving me the population stats for the wider area of Torfaen (92,300), not Pontypool by itself - so I'm not sure how citypopulation.de used the census to obtain a total of 29,062 people living in Pontypool.|type=republished census data}}