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Population
  
7,217 (2011)

Community
  
Panteg

Country
  
Wales

Area
  
3.22 km²

Dialling code
  
01495

Post town
  
NP postcode area

OS grid reference
  
ST 294 989

Principal area
  
Torfaen

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Local time
  
Wednesday 4:34 AM

Ceremonial county
  
Gwent

UK parliament constituency
  
Torfaen

Panteg

Weather
  
4°C, Wind S at 18 km/h, 97% Humidity

Panteg (Welsh: Pant-teg) is a village in the county borough of Torfaen, Wales. It is adjacent to Griffithstown, between the towns of Cwmbran and Pontypool. The village is best known for Panteg Steel Works, which finally closed in 2004.

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Map of Panteg, UK

Prior to 1935 Panteg was also an urban district. It had a population of 11,499 in 1931. It was amalgamated into Pontypool in 1935. It is now a community and electoral ward of Torfaen.

Notable people

See Category:People from Panteg
  • Edwin Stevens inventor and philanthropist
  • Herbert Armitage James, who was Headmaster of Rugby School and later President of St John's College, Oxford, grew up in Panteg and is commemorated by a memorial in the parish church, where his father was rector from 1856 to 1871.
  • Edward Thomas Chapman, winner of the Victoria Cross in the Second World War is buried in Panteg.
  • Ian Gough, Ryan Powell and Lloyd Burns, Wales rugby union international players.
  • Steve Parry, avant-garde guitarist and founder of Hwyl Nofio was born and lived in Panteg.

    • References

    Panteg Wikipedia
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