Cwm, Blaenau Gwent

Cwm
Cwm is located in Blaenau Gwent
Cwm
Cwm
Location within Blaenau Gwent
Population4,120 (2019)[1]
OS grid referenceSO1805
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townEbbw Vale
Postcode districtNP23
Dialling code01495
PoliceGwent
FireSouth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Blaenau Gwent

51°44′27″N 3°10′52″W / 51.7409°N 3.1812°W / 51.7409; -3.1812


Map of the community
Cwm Methodist church, Mill Terrace, built 1895

Cwm (from Welsh: Y Cwm, transl.The Valley) is a former coal mining village, community and electoral ward three miles (4.8 km) south of Ebbw Vale in the county borough of Blaenau Gwent, Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, United Kingdom. In the far north of the community lies Waunlwyd.

  1. ^ "Ward/Community population 2011". Retrieved 6 November 2015.