Blaina Explained

Country:Wales
Welsh Name:Y Blaenau
Coordinates:51.7667°N -3.1667°W
Official Name:Blaina
Population:4,808
Unitary Wales:Blaenau Gwent
Lieutenancy Wales:Gwent
Constituency Westminster:Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
Constituency Welsh Assembly:Blaenau Gwent
Post Town:ABERTILLERY
Postcode District:NP13
Postcode Area:NP
Dial Code:01495
Os Grid Reference:SO1908

Blaina (Welsh: Blaenau in Welsh pronounced as /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 Welsh: blaenau "uplands".[1] [2] As of 2011, the town has a population of 4,808.[3]

Welsh language

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

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Mills, A. D.. A Dictionary of British Place-Names. Oxford University Press. 2003. 9780198527589. Oxford.
  2. Web site: Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210412163733/https://geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?bar . 12 April 2021 .
  3. Web site: United Kingdom: 1000 Largest Cities by population. 26 January 2014. November 2013. The Geographist. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140129072718/http://thegeographist.wordpress.com/2013/11/23/largest-cities-uk-population/. 29 January 2014.
  4. https://statswales.gov.wales/Catalogue/Welsh-Language/Census-Welsh-Language/welshlanguageskills-by-ediv-2011census Welsh language skills by electoral division, 2011 Census