Editing Pontypridd (section)

==Geography==
Pontypridd comprises the electoral wards of [[Cilfynydd]], [[Glyncoch]], [[Graig Pontypridd|Graig]], [[Hawthorn, Glamorgan|Hawthorn]], Pontypridd Town, 'Rhondda', [[Rhydyfelin]] Central/Ilan, Trallwng ([[Trallwn Pontypridd|Trallwn]]) and [[Treforest]]. The town mainly falls within the [[Pontypridd (Senedd constituency)|Senedd]] and [[Pontypridd (UK Parliament constituency)|UK parliamentary]] constituency by the same name, although the Cilfynydd and Glyncoch wards fall within the [[Cynon Valley (Senedd constituency)|Cynon Valley Senedd constituency]] and the [[Cynon Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Cynon Valley UK parliamentary constituency]]. This change was effective for the [[2007 National Assembly for Wales election|2007 Welsh Assembly election]], and for the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 UK General Election]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1041/schedule/1/made |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies and Assembly Electoral Regions (Wales) Order 2006, Schedule 1 |website=Legislation.gov.uk |access-date=2021-09-02}}</ref>

The town sits at the junction of the [[Rhondda Valley|Rhondda]] and [[Taff Valley|Taff]] valleys, where the [[River Rhondda]] flows into the Taff just south of the town at Ynysangharad War Memorial Park.<ref>''The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales''. [[John Davies (historian)|John Davies]], [[Nigel Jenkins]], Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) pg692 {{ISBN|978-0-7083-1953-6}}</ref> Pontypridd community recorded a population of about 32,700 in the [[2011 United Kingdom census|2011 census]] figures.<ref>The urban area with nearby communities has about 55,000 inhabitants. [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/census2001/ks_ua_ew_part1.pdf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226224626/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/census2001/ks_ua_ew_part1.pdf|date=26 February 2008}}</ref> while Pontypridd Town ward itself was recorded as having a population of 2,919 also as of 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=3&b=5939138&c=Pontypridd&d=14&e=16&g=419433&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1214338952796&enc=1 |title=Office of National Statistics |access-date=24 June 2008 |archive-date=5 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005042549/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=3&b=5939138&c=Pontypridd&d=14&e=16&g=419433&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1214338952796&enc=1 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The town lies alongside the north–south dual carriageway [[A470 road|A470]] between Cardiff and Merthyr Tydfil. The A4054, running north and south of the town, was the former main road, and like the A470, follows the [[River Taff|Taff Valley]]. South of the town is the A473 for [[Llantrisant]] and [[Pencoed]]. To the west is the A4058, which follows the [[River Rhondda]] to [[Porth]] and the [[Rhondda Valley]] beyond.