Hirwaun

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Hirwaun

Total population

7,247

Coordinates51.74°, -3.51°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Hirwaun is a village and community at the north end of the Cynon Valley in the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales. It is 4 miles (6 km) NW of the town of Aberdare, and comes under the Aberdare post town. The 2021 United Kingdom Census documented that Hirwaun had a population of 5,237. The village is on the Heads of the Valleys Road and at the southern edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Nearby places in Wales

• Pontneddfechan
  3.6 mi away
• Glynneath
  4.5 mi away
• Cwmgwrach
  5.8 mi away
• Pentreclwydau
  6.6 mi away
• Abergarwed
  8.9 mi away
• Wyndham
  8.9 mi away
• Porth
  9.9 mi away · pop. 14,648
• Pontypridd
  12.1 mi away · pop. 30,457
• Jersey Marine
  16.8 mi away
• Llandyfaelog Fach
  17.2 mi away
• Llanfihangel Nant Brân
  17.8 mi away
• Llandeilo'r-fân
  18.4 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Hirwaun

Hirwaun Generating Station (Amendment) Order 2017

Great Britain · 2017

Hitachi two years on

Tony Pegge · 1986

Tower

Roger Tiley · 1998

Tower of Strength

Tyrone O'Sullivan · 2001

Any damn thing

Kenyon, Janice. · 2003

Search results from Open Library.

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