Cwmbrân

Wales, United Kingdom
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Cwmbrân, new town and urban area (from 2011 built-up area), Torfaen county borough, historic county of Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy), southeastern Wales. It lies in the valley of the Afon Lwyd (“Grey River”), about 6 miles (10 km) north-northeast of Newport. One of 32 new towns established in the United Kingdom after World War II to relieve congestion and encourage development, Cwmbrân was inaugurated in 1949 in an area of small and decaying industrial villages. It attracted a number of new industries producing automobile components. Nearby are factories producing biscuits (cookies) and nylon yarn. Pop. (2001) urban area, 47,254: (2011) built-up ...(100 of 103 words)