- St Dials
infobox UK place
country = Wales
welsh_name=
constituency_welsh_assembly=
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official_name= St Dials
unitary_wales=Torfaen
lieutenancy_wales=Gwent
constituency_westminster= Torfaen
post_town= CWMBRAN
postcode_district = NP44
postcode_area= NP
dial_code= 01633
os_grid_reference= ST284948
population= 3,796St Dials is a suburb of
Cwmbran in the county borough ofTorfaen , in south-eastWales .Nothing is known about the Saint after which the suburb is named. There was another chapel dedicated to him near Monmouth and belonging to Monmouth Priory. The ruins of a building 10 feet by 8 feet with walls four feet thick and traces of an arch on the north side existed on the site of the police training college. It is thought this was associated with Llantarnam Priory.
The Police Training College is expected to close for the training of new recruits from April 2006.
Demographics
At the 2001 Census
*Population 3796 (Torfaen 90,949)
*47.1% Male, 52.9% Female
*Ages
**19.5% aged between 0-15
**37.0% aged between 16-44
**23.4% aged 45-59/64
**20.1% of pensionable age
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