Pentre

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Pentre
Pentre Location within Rhondda Cynon Taf
Population	5,232 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	SS968961
Principal area	Rhondda Cynon Taf
Preserved county	Mid Glamorgan
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Pentre
Postcode district	CF41
Dialling code	01443
Police	South Wales
Fire	South Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Rhondda
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Rhondda
List of places UK Wales Rhondda Cynon Taf 51°39′17″N 3°29′32″W / 51.654736°N 3.492269°W / 51.654736; -3.492269

Pentre is a village, community and electoral ward near Treorchy in the Rhondda valley, falling within the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. The village's name is taken from the Welsh word Pentref, which translates as homestead, though Pentre is named after a large farm that dominated the area before the coming of industrialisation. The community takes in the neighbouring village of Ton Pentre.