Editing Torfaen (section)

{{short description|County borough in Wales}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Torfaen County Borough
| native_name             = {{native name|cy|Bwrdeistref Sirol Torfaen}}
| settlement_type         = [[Principal areas of Wales|County borough]]
| image_skyline           = {{multiple image |border=infobox |perrow=1/2 |total_width=270
 | image1 = The winding house at Big Pit - geograph.org.uk - 1987857.jpg
 | image2 = Severn Early Autumn.jpg
 | image3 = Ffug-dwr Pontypwl - Pontypool Folly - geograph.org.uk - 3742707.jpg
 }}
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| image_caption           = {{ubl|Left to Right:|[[Big Pit National Coal Museum|Big Pit Museum]] at [[Blaenavon Industrial Landscape|Blaenavon WHS]]|Overlooking west [[Cwmbran]] from Blaen-Bran|[[Folly Tower, Pontypool]]}}
| image_flag              = 
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| image_shield            = Arms of Torfaen County Borough Council.svg
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| image_blank_emblem      = 
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| etymology               = 
| nickname                = 
| motto                   = United We Serve
| image_map               = <div class="center">{{Image label begin|image=Torfaen UK location map.svg|width=250|float=none}}
{{Image label small|x=0.45|y=0.50|scale=250|text =<big>[[Pontypool]]</big>}}
{{Image label small|x=0.30|y=0.15|scale=250|text=<big>[[Blaenavon]]</big>}}
{{Image label small|x=0.49|y=0.80|scale=250|text= <big>[[Cwmbran]]</big>}}
{{Image label end}}</div>
| map_alt                 = 
| map_caption             = Torfaen shown within [[Wales]]
| coordinates             = {{coord|51|43|N|3|03|W|region:GB_type:adm2nd|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type        = [[Sovereign state]]
| subdivision_name        = [[United Kingdom]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Countries of the United Kingdom|Country]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Wales]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[Regions of Wales|Region]]
| subdivision_name2       = 
| subdivision_type3       = [[Preserved counties of Wales|Preserved county]]
| subdivision_name3       = [[Gwent (county)|Gwent]]
| subdivision_type4       = 
| subdivision_name4       = 
| established_title       = Incorporated
| established_date        = [[Local Government Act 1972|1 April 1974]]
| established_title1      = Unitary authority
| established_date1       = [[Local Government (Wales) Act 1994|1 April 1996]]
| named_for               = 
| seat_type               = Administrative{{nbsp}}HQ
| seat                    = [[Pontypool]]
| parts_type              = 
| parts                   = 
<!-- Government -->
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="Council leadership">{{cite web |url=https://www.torfaen.gov.uk/en/AboutTheCouncil/AboutTheCouncil.aspx |title=About the Council |website=Torfaen County Borough Council |access-date=6 August 2024}}</ref>
| government_type         = [[Local government in Wales#Principal councils|Principal council]]
| governing_body          = [[Torfaen County Borough Council]]
| leader_title            = 
| leader_name             = 
| leader_title1           = [[Political make-up of local councils in the United Kingdom|Control]]
| leader_name1            = {{UK council control|GSS=W06000020}}
| leader_title2           = 
| leader_name2            = 
| leader_title3           = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MPs]]
| leader_name3            = [[Nick Thomas-Symonds]] ([[Labour Party (UK)|L]])
| leader_title4           = [[Member of the Senedd|MSs]]
| leader_name4            = {{unbulleted list
 |[[Peter Fox (Welsh politician)|Peter Fox]] ([[Welsh Conservatives|C]])
 |[[Lynne Neagle]] ([[Welsh Labour|L]])
 |+4 [[South Wales East (Senedd electoral region)|regional members]]
 }}
<!-- Area -->
<!-- ALL fields with measurements have automatic unit conversion -->
| area_footnotes          = <ref name="popstats">{{UK subdivision statistics citation}}</ref>
| area_total_km2          = {{UK subdivision area|GSS=W06000020}}
| area_land_km2           = 
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| area_rank               = [[List of Welsh principal areas|{{Welsh council area rank|GSS=W06000020}}]]
<!-- Population -->
| population_footnotes    = <ref name="popstats" />
| population_as_of        = {{UK subdivision statistics year}}
| population_total        = {{UK subdivision population|GSS=W06000020}}
| population_rank         = [[List of Welsh principal areas|{{Welsh council population rank|GSS=W06000020}}]]
| population_density_km2  = {{UK subdivision density|GSS=W06000020}}
| population_demonym      = 
<!-- demographics (section 1) -->
| demographics_type1      = 
| demographics1_footnotes = 
| demographics1_title1    = 
| demographics1_info1     = 
<!-- demographics (section 2) -->
| demographics_type2      = [[Welsh language]] <span style="font-weight:normal;">([[2021 United Kingdom census|2021]])</span>
| demographics2_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/censusareachanges/W06000020/ |title=How life has changed in Torfaen: Census 2021 |date=19 January 2023 |website=Office for National Statistics |access-date=6 August 2024 }}</ref>
| demographics2_title1    = Speakers
| demographics2_info1     = 8.2%
| demographics2_title2    = Rank
| demographics2_info2     = [[List of Welsh principal areas by percentage Welsh language|19th]]
| timezone1               = [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]]
| utc_offset1             = +0
| timezone1_DST           = [[British Summer Time|BST]]
| utc_offset1_DST         = +1
<!-- Codes -->
| postal_code_type        = [[Postcodes in the United Kingdom|Postcode areas]]
| postal_code             = 
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom|Dialling codes]]
| area_code               = 
| iso_code                = [[ISO 3166-2:GB|GB-TOF]]
| blank1_name             = [[GSS coding system|GSS code]]
| blank1_info             = W06000020
| website                 = {{URL|www.torfaen.gov.uk}}
}}
'''Torfaen''' ({{IPAc-en|t|ɔr|ˈ|v|aɪ|n}}; {{IPA|cy|tɔrˈvaɪn|}}) is a [[Principal areas of Wales|county borough]] in the [[South East Wales|south-east]] of [[Wales]]. Torfaen is bordered by the county of [[Monmouthshire]] to the east, the [[City status in the United Kingdom|city]] of [[Newport, Wales|Newport]] to the south, and the county boroughs of [[Caerphilly (county borough)|Caerphilly]] and [[Blaenau Gwent]] to the south-west and north-west. It is within the [[Historic counties of Wales|boundaries]] of the [[Monmouthshire (historic)|historic county of Monmouthshire]], and between 1974 and 1996 was a district of [[Gwent (county)|Gwent]], until it was reconstituted as a [[Local government in Wales|principal area]] in 1996.