According to the 2011 Census, 6.3% of the ward's 4,808 (303 residents) resident-population can speak, read, and write Welsh.[4] This is above the county's figure of 5.5% of 67,348 (3,705 residents) who can speak, read, and write Welsh.[4]
Raymond "Ray" Price, rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s for Abertillery RFC (RU), Great Britain (RL), Wales, Other Nationalities, Belle Vue Rangers, Warrington, and St. Helens
blaina, bleye, welsh, blaenau, welsh, pronunciation, ˈbleɨnaɨ, small, town, situated, deep, within, south, wales, valleys, between, brynmawr, abertillery, unitary, authority, blaenau, gwent, ancient, parish, aberystruth, preserved, county, gwent, historic, cou. Blaina ˈ b l aɪ n e BLEYE ne Welsh Blaenau Welsh pronunciation ˈbleɨnaɨ is a small town situated deep within the South Wales Valleys between Brynmawr and Abertillery in the unitary authority of Blaenau Gwent ancient parish of Aberystruth preserved county of Gwent and historic county of Monmouthshire The place name is derived from the Welsh word blaenau uplands 1 2 As of 2011 the town has a population of 4 808 3 BlainaWelsh Y BlaenauBlainaLocation within Blaenau GwentPopulation4 808 OS grid referenceSO1908Principal areaBlaenau GwentPreserved countyGwentCountryWalesSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townABERTILLERYPostcode districtNP13Dialling code01495PoliceGwentFireSouth WalesAmbulanceWelshUK ParliamentBlaenau GwentSenedd Cymru Welsh ParliamentBlaenau GwentList of places UK Wales Blaenau Gwent 51 46 00 N 3 10 00 W 51 7667 N 3 1667 W 51 7667 3 1667Until 1962 Blaina had a station on the Great Western Railway These are the remains in 1966 Contents 1 Welsh language 2 Notable people 3 References 4 External linksWelsh language EditAccording to the 2011 Census 6 3 of the ward s 4 808 303 residents resident population can speak read and write Welsh 4 This is above the county s figure of 5 5 of 67 348 3 705 residents who can speak read and write Welsh 4 Notable people EditSee also Category People from BlainaArthur Fear opera singer Parry Jones opera singer William Partridge soldier fought at Rorke s Drift Raymond Ray Price rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s for Abertillery RFC RU Great Britain RL Wales Other Nationalities Belle Vue Rangers Warrington and St Helens Kingsley Jones rugby union flanker coach Frank Richards author Mike Ruddock rugby coach Florence Eleanor Soper wife of Bramwell Booth General of The Salvation Army Mostyn Thomas opera singer David Watkins Welsh rugby union and rugby league international Emlyn Watkins rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1920s for Wales RU Blaina RFC Wales RL and Leeds Emlyn A G Watkins George Medal recipientReferences Edit Mills A D 2003 A Dictionary of British Place Names Oxford Oxford University Press ISBN 9780198527589 Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Archived from the original on 12 April 2021 United Kingdom 1000 Largest Cities by population The Geographist November 2013 Archived from the original on 29 January 2014 Retrieved 26 January 2014 a b Welsh language skills by electoral division 2011 Census Retrieved 13 12 21External links EditBlaina Nantyglo homepage on the web Kelly s Directory of Monmouthshire in 1901 on Blaina Blaenau Gwent Council website on the local ironworks history Welsh Coal Mines research the local pit histories www geograph co uk photos of Blaina and surrounding area Blaina heritage web site Archived 25 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine nbsp This article relating to a location in Monmouthshire is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Blaina amp oldid 1180220338, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
