| Trehafod | |
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  Trehafod Location within Rhondda Cynon Taf | |
| Population | 698 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | ST044909 |
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| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PONTYPRIDD |
| Postcode district | CF37 |
| Dialling code | 01443 |
| Police | South Wales |
| Fire | South Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament |
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| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament |
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Trehafod is a village and community in the Rhondda Valley, between Porth and Pontypridd in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, with a population of 698 in the 2011 census.[2](The earlier name Hafod [3] was altered in 1905 to avoid confusion with Hafod near Swansea. Until then, Trehafod (first record of the name is found in 1851) had been part of Hafod).[4]
Administratively, Trehafod is split between the electoral division of Cymmer (Rhondda) to the west and Rhondda (Pontypridd) to the east. A former coalmining community, the village is now the site of the Rhondda Heritage Park, a tourist attraction commemorating the Rhondda Valley's coalmining culture and local history.
Spelling variants found in the past are Trehavod (an English spelling, using "v" instead of "f") and Trefhafod (a hypercorrect Welsh form, using the conservative literary form "tref" instead of the colloquial, and more modern literary form, "tre").
- ^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics".
- ^ "Rhondda Place-Name Alteration". Rhondda Leader. 12 November 1904. Retrieved 11 September 2008.
Owing to the inconvenience caused in the postal arrangements by the duplication of the name Hafod, a letter was addressed by the clerk of the Pontypridd Council to the Postmaster-General asking that the district under the Council's area should be known as Trehafod. At a meeting of the Council on Tuesday afternoon, the Postmaster intimated that the change would take place on and after January 1st, 1905.
- ^ {{ |url= https://www.facebook.com/groups/263839124470/search/?q=HAFOD%20%2F%20TREHAFOD |title= HAFOD / TREHAFOD. |quote= Trehafod was built on land of Hafod-uchaf alias Hafod-fawr. The settlement of Trehafod is recorded in 1851, 1870 and 1885. |date=12 November 1904 |accessdate=5 October 2020 |