Beaufort, Blaenau Gwent

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Beaufort Welsh: Cendl
Carno reservoir, Rassau, Beaufort
Beaufort Location within Blaenau Gwent
Population	3,866 [1]
Principal area	Blaenau Gwent
Preserved county	Gwent
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	EBBW VALE
Postcode district	NP23
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°47′49″N 3°12′22″W / 51.797°N 3.206°W / 51.797; -3.206 Map of the community

Beaufort (Welsh: Cendl or Y Cendl) is a village and community on the northern edge of the county borough of Blaenau Gwent in Wales. It is located in the historic county of Brecknockshire (Breconshire) and the preserved county of Gwent. According to the 2011 census, the population of the ward and community of Beaufort is 3,866^[1]

The settlement arose on the boundary of two parishes, Llangattock in Brecknockshire and Aberystruth in Monmouthshire on the 1779 establishment of the Beaufort Iron Works by Edward and Jonathan Kendall (Cendl) after whom the new settlement was first named.