About: Risca

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Risca (Welsh: Rhisga) is a town in the Caerphilly County Borough and the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire in south-east Wales. Risca has a railway station, opened on the Ebbw Valley Railway in February 2008, after a gap of 46 years. It is split into two communities; Risca East and Risca West. It has a population of 11,700. The town lies at the south-eastern edge of the South Wales Coalfield and the town has been shaped by mining, together with other heavy industries, for many centuries.

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  • Risca, galesez: Rhisga, Galesko udalerri bat da, Caerphilly konderrian. (eu)
  • Risca (Welsh: Rhisga) is a town in the Caerphilly County Borough and the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire in south-east Wales. Risca has a railway station, opened on the Ebbw Valley Railway in February 2008, after a gap of 46 years. It is split into two communities; Risca East and Risca West. It has a population of 11,700. The town lies at the south-eastern edge of the South Wales Coalfield and the town has been shaped by mining, together with other heavy industries, for many centuries. Risca is home to Ty-Sign, which is a large housing estate built in the early 1960s as a satellite village for the then new Llanwern steelworks. Risca has a rural aspect and is surrounded to the east and west by several extensively wooded hills including Mynydd Machen (1,188 ft/362m) and Twmbarlwm (1,375 ft/419m) which attract tourists for the hillwalking and mountain bikers to Cwmcarn Forest Drive. (en)
  • Risca è un centro abitato del Galles, situato nel distretto di contea di Caerphilly. Dal punto di vista amministrativo nel 2010 la città fu suddivisa nelle comunità di e (it)
  • Risca is een plaats in de Welshe county borough Caerphilly.Risca telt 11.455 inwoners. * Risca * Huizen in Risca (nl)
  • Рі́ска (англ. Risca, валл. Rhisga) — місто на південному сході Уельсу, в області Карфіллі. Населення міста становить 20 219 осіб (2001). (uk)
  • Risca är en ort i Storbritannien. Den ligger i kommunen Caerphilly och riksdelen Wales, i den södra delen av landet, 210 km väster om huvudstaden London. Risca ligger 49 meter över havet och antalet invånare är 20 443. Orten är uppdelad på två communities, Risca East och Risca West. Terrängen runt Risca är kuperad åt nordväst, men åt sydost är den platt. Den högsta punkten i närheten är 346 meter över havet, 1,4 km väster om Risca. Runt Risca är det tätbefolkat, med 636 invånare per kvadratkilometer. Närmaste större samhälle är Newport, 7,4 km öster om Risca. Trakten runt Risca består i huvudsak av gräsmarker. Kustklimat råder i trakten. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är 9 °C. Den varmaste månaden är juni, då medeltemperaturen är 16 °C, och den kallaste är januari, med 1 °C. (sv)
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  • Risca, galesez: Rhisga, Galesko udalerri bat da, Caerphilly konderrian. (eu)
  • Risca è un centro abitato del Galles, situato nel distretto di contea di Caerphilly. Dal punto di vista amministrativo nel 2010 la città fu suddivisa nelle comunità di e (it)
  • Risca is een plaats in de Welshe county borough Caerphilly.Risca telt 11.455 inwoners. * Risca * Huizen in Risca (nl)
  • Рі́ска (англ. Risca, валл. Rhisga) — місто на південному сході Уельсу, в області Карфіллі. Населення міста становить 20 219 осіб (2001). (uk)
  • Risca (Welsh: Rhisga) is a town in the Caerphilly County Borough and the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire in south-east Wales. Risca has a railway station, opened on the Ebbw Valley Railway in February 2008, after a gap of 46 years. It is split into two communities; Risca East and Risca West. It has a population of 11,700. The town lies at the south-eastern edge of the South Wales Coalfield and the town has been shaped by mining, together with other heavy industries, for many centuries. (en)
  • Risca är en ort i Storbritannien. Den ligger i kommunen Caerphilly och riksdelen Wales, i den södra delen av landet, 210 km väster om huvudstaden London. Risca ligger 49 meter över havet och antalet invånare är 20 443. Orten är uppdelad på två communities, Risca East och Risca West. Kustklimat råder i trakten. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är 9 °C. Den varmaste månaden är juni, då medeltemperaturen är 16 °C, och den kallaste är januari, med 1 °C. (sv)
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  • Risca (eu)
  • Risca (Regno Unito) (it)
  • Risca (nl)
  • Risca (en)
  • Risca (sv)
  • Ріска (uk)
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