Dowlais

Dowlais
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Dowlais is located in Merthyr Tydfil
Dowlais
Dowlais
Location within Merthyr Tydfil
Population6,926 (2011 census)
OS grid referenceSO075075
Principal area
  • Merthyr Tydfil
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMerthyr Tydfil
Postcode districtCF48
Dialling code01685 38
PoliceSouth Wales
FireSouth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Merthyr Tydfil
51°45′43″N 3°21′11″W / 51.762°N 3.353°W / 51.762; -3.353

Dowlais (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈdɔu̯lai̯s]) is a village and community of the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil, in Wales. At the 2011 census the electoral ward had a population of 6,926,[1] The population of the Community being 4,270 at the 2011 census having excluded Pant.[2] Dowlais is notable within Wales and Britain for its historic association with ironworking; once employing, through the Dowlais Iron Company, over 7,000 people, the works being the largest in the world at one stage.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Dowlais Ward: 2011 Census: Census Area Statistics". National Statistics: UK government. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Dowlais Ironworks, Merthyr Tydfil (34084)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  4. ^ Newman 1995, p. 446.