Cwmllynfell

Cwmllynfell
Cwmllynfell Location within Neath Port Talbot
Population	1,172 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid reference	SN747127
Principal area	Neath Port Talbot
Preserved county	West Glamorgan
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SWANSEA
Postcode district	SA9
Dialling code	01639
Police	South Wales
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Neath
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Neath
Councillors	Hugh Jones (Plaid Cymru)
List of places UK Wales Neath Port Talbot 51°47′56″N 3°49′06″W / 51.79887°N 3.81847°W / 51.79887; -3.81847

Cwmllynfell (Welsh pronunciation^ⓘ) is the name of a village, community and electoral ward in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales.

Cwmllynfell has its own local rugby union team - Cwmllynfell RFC. Also, a bilingual primary school, supermarket, post office, village hall, church and chapels.^{[citation needed]} Nearby there is the Black Mountain which supplies views to the village.

The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following areas: Blaen-nant, Bryn-Melyn, Celliwarog, Cwmllynfell, Rhiw-fawr in the parliamentary constituency of Neath. Cwmllynfell is bounded by the wards of Quarter Bach of Carmarthenshire to the northeast; Cwmtwrch of Powys to the east; Ystalyfera to the southeast; Pontardawe to the southwest; Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen to the west and Lower Brynamman to the northwest.^[2]

In the 2017 local council elections the results were:^[3]

In the 2012 local council elections the turn out was 49.78%. The results were:

At 14:31 on 17 February 2018 the village was the epicentre of a 4.6 magnitude earthquake, the largest in the British Isles since 2008. The quake was felt as far away as Blackpool.^[4][5]

6. https://www.garethjones.org/rural_wales/mining_town.htm

• Cwmllynfell RFC
• www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Cwmllynfell and surrounding area

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