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	Council	Caerphilly
	Traditional	Glamorganshire
	Ceremonial	Gwent
	Constituency	Caerphilly
	PostalTown	CAERPHILLY
	PostCode	CF83
	DiallingCode	+02920
	GridReference	ST175975
	Population	31,060
	Police	Gwent Police

Caerphilly (, Wales , located at the bottom of the Rhymney Valley . It is the site of Caerphilly Castle , built in the 13th and 14th centuries, and is the main town in the County Borough of Caerphilly .

In 1899 the Rhymney Railway built their Maintenance Facilities , however the expansion of the population in the Nineteenth Century was more to do with the increasing market for Coal .

TRIVIA

Caerphilly is the birth place of Tommy Cooper . {Link without Title}

Caerphilly is featured in the Sex Pistols documentary '' The Filth And The Fury ''. Protests and a prayer meeting were held outside the Castle Cinema on the evening of December 14th , 1976 , when the Pistols were playing a concert there.

Caerphilly Cheese originated in this area.

Caerphilly hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1950 .

Caerphilly has the most energetic and forward looking environmental Registered Charity in the region. {Link without Title} The Caerphilly Woodlands Trust - run purely by volunteers.

Caerphilly_RFC is based in Caerphilly, their website can be found here www.caerphillyrugby.com

TWIN TOWNS

Ludwigsburg , Germany ( 1960 )

Pisek , Czech Republic ( 1994 )

EXTERNAL LINKS

http://www.caerphilly.gov.uk - Caerphilly County Borough Council.

http://www.visitcaerphilly.com - Visit Caerphilly.

http://www.caerphillynet.co.uk - Caerphilly Net.