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    Blaina

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    Blaina
    • Welsh: Y Blaenau
    Blaina is located in Blaenau Gwent
    Blaina
    Blaina
    Location within Blaenau Gwent
    Population4,808 
    OS grid referenceSO1908
    Principal area
    • Blaenau Gwent
    Preserved county
    • Gwent
    CountryWales
    Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
    Post townABERTILLERY
    Postcode districtNP13
    Dialling code01495
    PoliceGwent
    FireSouth Wales
    AmbulanceWelsh
    UK Parliament
    • Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
    Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
    • Blaenau Gwent
    List of places
    UK
    Wales
    Blaenau Gwent
    51°46′00″N 3°10′00″W / 51.7667°N 3.1667°W / 51.7667; -3.1667
    Until 1962 Blaina had a station on the Great Western Railway. These are the remains in 1966

    Blaina (/ˈblaɪnə/ BLEYE-nə Welsh: Blaenau Welsh pronunciation: [ˈbleɨnaɨ]) is a small town, situated deep within the South Wales Valleys between Brynmawr and Abertillery in the unitary authority of Blaenau Gwent, ancient parish of Aberystruth, preserved county of Gwent and historic county of Monmouthshire. The place name is derived from the Welsh word blaenau "uplands".[1][2] As of 2011, the town has a population of 4,808.[3]

    Welsh language

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    According to the 2011 Census, 6.3% of the ward's 4,808 (303 residents) resident-population can speak, read, and write Welsh.[4] This is above the county's figure of 5.5% of 67,348 (3,705 residents) who can speak, read, and write Welsh.[4]

    The Bells of Rhymney

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    Blaina is mentioned in the folk song The Bells of Rhymney: "And who robbed the miner?" say the grim bells of Blaina, quoting poetry from Idris Davies.

    Notable people

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    See also Category:People from Blaina
    • Arthur Fear, opera singer
    • Parry Jones, opera singer
    • William Partridge, soldier, fought at Rorke's Drift
    • Raymond "Ray" Price, rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s for Abertillery RFC (RU), Great Britain (RL), Wales, Other Nationalities, Belle Vue Rangers, Warrington, and St. Helens
    • Kingsley Jones, rugby union flanker, coach
    • Frank Richards, author
    • Mike Ruddock, rugby coach
    • Florence Eleanor Soper, wife of Bramwell Booth, General of The Salvation Army
    • Mostyn Thomas, opera singer
    • David Watkins, Welsh rugby union and rugby league international
    • Emlyn Watkins, rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1920s for Wales (RU), Blaina RFC, Wales (RL), and Leeds
    • Emlyn A G Watkins, George Medal recipient

    References

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    1. ^ Mills, A. D. (2003). A Dictionary of British Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198527589.
    2. ^ "Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru". Archived from the original on 12 April 2021.
    3. ^ "United Kingdom: 1000 Largest Cities by population". The Geographist. November 2013. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
    4. ^ a b Welsh language skills by electoral division, 2011 Census Retrieved 13/12/21
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