Blaenau Gwent
| Blaenau Gwent County Borough / Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Blaenau Gwent | |
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| Administrative headquarters | Ebbw Vale |
| surface | 109 km² |
| Residents | 69,814 (2011) |
| Welsh speakers | 11.5% |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-BGW |
| ONS code | 00PL |
| Website | www.blaenau-gwent.gov.uk |
Blaenau Gwent is a Principal Area with county borough status in south east Wales .
Important places are Abertillery , Brynmawr , Ebbw Vale and Tredegar . Blaenau Gwent has almost 70,000 inhabitants (2011).
history
The administrative district was founded in 1974 and received its current boundaries in 1996 after the municipality of Llanelly was assigned to the Principal Area Monmouthshire as part of the administrative reform .
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Anglesey | Blaenau Gwent | Bridgend | Caerphilly | Cardiff | Carmarthenshire | Ceredigion | Conwy | Denbighshire | Flintshire | Gwynedd | Merthyr Tydfil | Monmouthshire | Neath Port Talbot | Newport | Pembrokeshire | Powys | Rhondda Cynon Taf | Swansea | Torfaen | Vale of Glamorgan | Wrexham
Coordinates: 51 ° 47 ′ N , 3 ° 12 ′ W