Editing Pontypridd (section)

{{Short description|Town in Wales}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
|coordinates = {{coord|51.602|-3.342|display=inline,title}}
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| image1 = The Old Bridge, Pontypridd.jpg
| image2 = St. David's Foundation Hospice Care charity shop, Pontypridd - geograph.org.uk - 3437751.jpg
| image3 = Evan James and James James Statue (Close Up), Ynysangharad Park - geograph.org.uk - 421725.jpg
| footer = From the top, [[Old Bridge, Pontypridd|The Old Bridge]], Town Centre, Monument to [[Evan James (poet)|Evan James]] & [[James James]] in [[Ynysangharad War Memorial Park|Ynysangharad Park]]}}
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|country = Wales
|constituency_welsh_assembly = [[Pontypridd (Senedd constituency)|Pontypridd]],<br />[[South Wales Central (Senedd electoral region)|South Wales Central Electoral Region]]
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|official_name = Pontypridd
|population = 31,206
|population_ref = (2021)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/wales/rhondda_cynon_taf/W38000081__pontypridd/ |title=Pontypridd (Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales / Cymru, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information |website=Citypopulation.de}}</ref>
|community_wales = Pontypridd Town
|unitary_wales = [[Rhondda Cynon Taf]]
|lieutenancy_wales = [[Mid Glamorgan]]
|constituency_westminster = [[Pontypridd (UK Parliament constituency)|Pontypridd]]
|post_town = PONTYPRIDD
|postcode_district = CF37
|postcode_area = CF
|dial_code = 01443
|os_grid_reference = ST075895
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| framestyle=border:none;text-align:center; padding:0; |title=Community map
|1=[[File:2024 Wales Rhondda Cynon Taf Community Pontypridd Town map.svg|240px]]<br />Map of the community
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'''Pontypridd''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|p|ɒ|n|t|ɪ|ˈ|p|r|iː|ð}} {{respell|PON|tih|PREEDH}},<ref>{{cite Collins Dictionary|Pontypridd}}</ref> {{IPA|cy|ˌpɔntəˈpriːð|lang}}), [[Colloquialism|colloquially]] referred to as ''Ponty'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lido Ponty {{!}} Outdoor Swimming in Pontypridd, South Wales |url=https://www.rctcbc.gov.uk/EN/Resident/SportsandLeisure/Lido/Home.aspx |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=www.rctcbc.gov.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=http://www.ponty.net/ |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=Pontypridd-RFC |language=en-GB}}</ref> is a town and a [[Community (Wales)|community]] in [[Rhondda Cynon Taf]], [[South Wales]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rhondda Cynon Taf Local Development Plan |url=http://www.cartogold.co.uk/rhondda/text/06_sa_policies.html |website=Cartogold.co.uk |date=2007-12-07 |access-date=2016-02-21 |last=CHK}}</ref> approximately 10 miles north west of [[Cardiff]] city centre.