Wainfelin

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Wainfelin
Population2,434 (2011) [1]
OS grid reference SO275015
Principal area
Preserved county
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town PONTYPOOL
Postcode district NP4
Dialling code 01495
Police Gwent
Fire South Wales
Ambulance Welsh
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Torfaen

Wainfelin (Welsh : Waunfelin) is a suburb of Pontypool (though part of the Pen Tranch community) in the county borough of Torfaen, in south-east Wales.

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Demographics

At the United Kingdom Census 2001 demographics showed:

Governance

Wainfelin forms an electoral ward electing a community councillor to Pontypool Community Council. [2]

Until May 2022 Wainfelin was a ward to Torfaen County Borough Council. [3] Following a 2021 boundary review, the ward was combined with the community of Pontymoile to form a new ward called Pontypool Fawr, electing three councillors. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Pontypool Ward population 2011" . Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Community Councillors - Ward Map". Pontypool Community Council. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  3. ↑ "The County Borough of Torfaen (Electoral Changes) Order 2002", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2002/3279, retrieved 27 September 2025
  4. ↑ "The County Borough of Torfaen (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2021/1139, retrieved 27 September 2025

51°42′27″N03°03′02″W / 51.70750°N 3.05056°W / 51.70750; -3.05056


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