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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.
Key Information
Demographics
[edit]At the United Kingdom Census 2001 demographics showed:
- Population 2,422 (Torfaen 90,949)
- 49.2% Male, 50.8% Female
- Ages
- 21.4% aged between 0-15
- 40.7% aged between 16-44
- 21.4% aged 45–59/64
- 16.5% of pensionable age
Governance
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Pontypool Ward population 2011". Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- ^ "Community Councillors - Ward Map". Pontypool Community Council. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
- ^ "The County Borough of Torfaen (Electoral Changes) Order 2002", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2002/3279, retrieved 27 September 2025
- ^ "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″N 03°03′02″W / 51.70750°N 3.05056°W
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