Llanfrechfa Lower was a civil parish in Monmouthshire and from 1974 a

community A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, villag ...

in the district of

Torfaen Torfaen (; cy, Torfaen ) 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- ...

. It was also an electoral ward to

Gwent County Council Gwent County Council ( cy, Cyngor Sir Gwent) was the upper-tier local authority that governed the county of Gwent in South Wales from its creation in 1974 to its abolition in 1996. For most of its existence, the county council was based in Cwmbra ...

. Between 1889 and 1974 the civil parish was represented at the local level by Llanfrechfa Lower Parish Council. This became Llanfrechfa Lower Community Council from 1 April 1974. The civil parish (and later community) lay to the east of

Cwmbran Cwmbran ( ; cy, Cwmbrân , also in use as an alternative spelling in English) is a town in the county borough of Torfaen in South Wales. Lying within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, Cwmbran was designated as a New Town in 1949 to pr ...

and centred on the village of Llanfrechfa. Llanfrechfa Lower was an electoral ward to

between 1973 and 1989, electing two county councillors. The community was disestablished from 1 April 1985 by ''The Torfaen (Communities) Order 1985'', which created a larger number of communities for Torfaen. Llanfrechfa Lower was divided into

Croesyceiliog Croesyceiliog (, ''Cockerel's Cross'') is a suburb of Cwmbran, Wales. Housing Croesyceiliog is primarily a residential district and contains a wide variety of housing from Victorian terraces and even older Welsh cottages to property built betw ...

Llanyrafon Llanyrafon is a suburb of Cwmbran and a community in the county borough of Torfaen in south east Wales. It lies within the boundaries of the historic county of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent. Etymology Sometimes written on o ...

and Ponthir (with a small part being transferred to the community of Llanhennock Fawr in Monmouth District).

References

{{reflist Former communities of Wales Former wards of Wales Gwent electoral wards Former civil parishes of Wales