Tredegar

Tredegar
The Town Clock, Tredegar (April 2002)
Tredegar Location within Blaenau Gwent
Population	15,103 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	SO145095
Community	Tredegar
Principal area	Blaenau Gwent
Preserved county	Gwent
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	TREDEGAR
Postcode district	NP22
Dialling code	01495
Police	Gwent
Fire	South Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Blaenau Gwent
List of places UK Wales Blaenau Gwent 51°46′39″N 3°14′26″W / 51.77761°N 3.24069°W / 51.77761; -3.24069 Map of the community

Tredegar (/trəˈdiːɡər/; Welsh: [trɛˈdeːɡar] ^ⓘ[2]) is a town and community situated on the banks of the Sirhowy River in the county borough of Blaenau Gwent, in the southeast of Wales. Within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, it became an early centre of the Industrial Revolution in Wales. The relevant wards (Tredegar Central and West, Sirhowy and Georgetown) collectively listed the town's population as 15,103 in the UK 2011 census.^[3][4]