Cymmer ( cy, Cymer) is a small village in the community of
Clymer and Glyncorrwg, in
Neath Port Talbot
Neath Port Talbot ( cy, Castell-nedd Port Talbot) is a county borough in the south-west of Wales. Its principal towns are Neath, Port Talbot, Briton Ferry and Pontardawe. The county borough borders Bridgend County Borough and Rhondda Cynon Taf ...
in
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...
, set on a hillside in the
Afan Valley near the
confluence of the
River Afan and the
River Corrwg. In 2001, Cymmer had a
population
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of 2,883.
Description
Cymmer can also be spelled "Cymer", with "Cymmer" being the English-language version, and "Cymer" the
Welsh language
Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales, by some in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina). Historically, it has ...
one. The word "Cymmer" translates from Welsh into English as "joining place of two rivers", and it is here that the Afon Corrwg and the Afon Afan meet, to flow onward as the River Afan until entering the sea at
Aberavon/
Port Talbot
Port Talbot (, ) is a town and community in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, situated on the east side of Swansea Bay, approximately from Swansea. The Port Talbot Steelworks covers a large area of land which dominates the south ...
.
The immediate area is set in a densely forested upland area with steep sided river valleys cut through by the Rivers Afan and Corrwg. Patches of open
moorland exist to the north and south.
Social conditions
The Cymmer
electoral ward was one of the top 10% most deprived wards in Wales according to the 2005
Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation.
Amenities
Local
public house
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s include The Refreshment Rooms (the preserved
Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway
The Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway was a Welsh railway company formed to connect the upper end of the Rhondda Fawr with Swansea, with the chief objective of transporting coal and other minerals to Swansea docks. It was incorporated in 1882, but ...
station) and a
working men's club
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called The Coronation Club. Local amenities include a library, a community
swimming pool, a sports hall,
primary school
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, a police station and fire station.
Government and politics
Cymmer is also the name of the
electoral ward for the immediate area around the village. It elects a county councillor to
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council is the local authority for the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, one of the 22 principal areas of Wales. The council was controlled by the Labour Party from its creation in 1996 until 2022, when Plaid ...
. The ward includes some or all of the villages of Cymmer,
Abercregan,
Duffryn and
Croeserw
Croeserw is a village of approximately 1,380 inhabitants in Gwynfi and Croeserw, Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales.
Location
It stands on a hillside in the Afan Valley (also known as Avon) at between 196 and 299 metres above sea leve ...
in the parliamentary constituency of
Aberavon. Cymmer is bounded by the wards of
Resolven
Resolven ( cy, Resolfen) is a small village and community in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. It is located in the Vale of Neath.
Location
The village is situated in the Vale of Neath, north east of the town of Neath, next to the A465 ...
to the north;
Glyncorrwg
Glyncorrwg is a village in the Afan Valley, in southern Wales.
Glyncorrwg is also the name of an electoral ward and formerly a community covering the village and surrounding countryside, in Neath Port Talbot county borough. Glyncorrwg community c ...
to the northeast;
Gwynfi to the east;
Blaengarw,
Caerau and
Maesteg West of
Bridgend county borough
Bridgend County Borough ( cy, Bwrdeistref Sirol Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. The county borough has a total population of 139,200 people, and contains the town of Bridgend, after which it is named. I ...
to the south east;
Bryn and Cwmavon to the southwest; and
Pelenna
Pelenna is a community (civil parish) in Neath Port Talbot, Wales. It largely covers the valleys of the rivers Pelenna and the Blaenpelenna, to the east of the town of Neath.
The community includes the villages of Efail-fach, Tonmawr and Pont ...
to the west.
In the
2008 local council elections, the electorate turnout was 48.23%. The results were:
Only one nomination was received for the 2012 Local Council Elections, from the sitting councillor Scott Jones. Jones continued to be the councillor of Cymmer without a contest.
In the
2017 local council elections, the results were:
In July 2018, Councillor Scott Jones resigned the Labour whip. He therefore now sits as an independent.
References
External links
www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Cymer and surrounding area
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Villages in Neath Port Talbot
Electoral wards of Neath Port Talbot
Afan Valley