Torfaen

Torfaen County Borough Bwrdeistref Sirol Torfaen (Welsh)
County borough
Left to Right: Big Pit Museum at Blaenavon WHS Overlooking west Cwmbran from Blaen-Bran Folly Tower, Pontypool
Coat of arms
Motto:  United We Serve
Pontypool Blaenavon Cwmbran Torfaen shown within Wales
Coordinates: 51°43′N 3°03′W / 51.717°N 3.050°W / 51.717; -3.050
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	Wales
Preserved county	Gwent
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Unitary authority	1 April 1996
Administrative HQ	Pontypool
Government [1]
• Type	Principal council
• Body	Torfaen County Borough Council
• Control	Labour
• MPs	Nick Thomas-Symonds (L)
• MSs	Peter Fox (C) Lynne Neagle (L) +4 regional members
Area [2]
• Total	49 sq mi (126 km2)
• Rank	20th
Population  (2022)[2]
• Total	92,860
• Rank	18th
• Density	1,910/sq mi (739/km2)
Welsh language (2021) [3]
• Speakers	8.2%
• Rank	19th
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ISO 3166 code	GB-TOF
GSS code	W06000020
Website	www.torfaen.gov.uk

Torfaen (/tɔːrˈvaɪn/; [tɔrˈvaɪn]) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. Torfaen is bordered by the county of Monmouthshire to the east, the city of Newport to the south, and the county boroughs of Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent to the south-west and north-west. It is within the boundaries of the historic county of Monmouthshire, and between 1974 and 1996 was a district of Gwent, until it was reconstituted as a principal area in 1996.