Cwmllynfell () is a village,

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and

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Neath Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot () is a Principal areas of Wales, county borough in the South West Wales, south-west of Wales. Its principal towns are Neath, Port Talbot, Briton Ferry and Pontardawe. The county borough borders Bridgend County Borough and Rhon ...

county borough, Wales.

Amenities

Cwmllynfell has its own local

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team - Cwmllynfell RFC. Also, a bilingual primary school, supermarket, post office, village hall, church and chapels. Nearby there is the Black Mountain which supplies views to the village.

Electoral ward

The

consists of some or all of the following areas: Blaen-nant, Bryn-Melyn, Celliwarog, Cwmllynfell, Rhiw-fawr in the parliamentary constituency of

Neath Neath (; ) is a market town and Community (Wales), community situated in the Neath Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot County Borough, Wales. The town had a population of 50,658 in 2011. The community of the parish of Neath had a population of 19,2 ...

. Cwmllynfell is bounded by the wards of

Quarter Bach Quarter Bach () is a community located in the east of Carmarthenshire, Wales. Description It is at the foot of the Black Mountain, in the far east of the county. The main settlement here is Upper Brynamman, though it also includes Cefnbrynb ...

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to the northeast;

Cwmtwrch Cwmtwrch () is a village in the valley of the Afon Twrch, a right-bank tributary to the Swansea Valley, Wales, some 15 miles north of Swansea. It is also the name of an electoral ward to Powys County Council. Actors Craig Russell, Richard Co ...

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to the east; Ystalyfera to the southeast;

Pontardawe Pontardawe () is a town and a community (Wales), community in the lower Swansea Valley (). it had a population of approximately 7,172 in the 2021 Census for Pontardawe Parish, and forms part of the county borough of Neath Port Talbot. On the opp ...

to the southwest;

Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen () is a village and community (Wales), community in Neath Port Talbot, South West Wales. Historically a part of Glamorgan, Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen is a Community (Wales), parish made up of the electoral Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen (electoral ward) ...

to the west and

Lower Brynamman Lower Brynamman is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough in Brynamman, Wales. Electoral ward The electoral ward of Lower Brynamman forms part of the parish of Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen. The ward consists of some or all of the settl ...

to the northwest. In the 2017 local council elections the results were: In the 2012 local council elections the turn out was 49.78%. The results were:

Earthquake

At 14:31 on 17 February 2018 the village was the

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of a 4.6

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, the largest in the

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since 2008. The quake was felt as far away as

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References

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

External links

Cwmllynfell RFCwww.geograph.co.uk : photos of Cwmllynfell and surrounding area
Electoral wards of Neath Port Talbot Communities in Neath Port Talbot Villages in Neath Port Talbot {{NeathPortTalbot-geo-stub