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Cymmer, Neath Port Talbot

FieldValue
countryWales
coordinates
official_nameCymmer
welsh_nameCymer
population2,825
population_ref(2011 census)
unitary_walesNeath Port Talbot
lieutenancy_walesWest Glamorgan
community_walesClymer and Glyncorrwg
constituency_westminsterAberafan Maesteg
constituency_welsh_assemblyAberavon
post_townPORT TALBOT
postcode_districtSA13
postcode_areaSA
dial_code01639
os_grid_referenceSS860961
councillor1Scott Jones
party1Independent

Cymmer () is a small village in the community of Cymer and Glyncorrwg, in Neath Port Talbot in Wales, 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 of 2,883.

Description

Cymmer can also be spelled "Cymer", with "Cymmer" being the English-language version, and "Cymer" the Welsh language 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.

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 houses include The Refreshment Rooms (the preserved Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway station) and a working men's club called The Coronation Club. Local amenities include a library, a community swimming pool, a sports hall, primary school, 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. The ward includes some or all of the villages of Cymmer, Abercregan, Duffryn and Croeserw in the UK constituency of Aberafan Maesteg. Cymmer is bounded by the wards of Resolven to the north; Glyncorrwg to the northeast; Gwynfi to the east; Blaengarw, Caerau and Maesteg West of Bridgend county borough to the south east; Bryn and Cwmavon to the southwest; and Pelenna to the west.

In the 2008 local council elections, the electorate turnout was 48.23%. The results were:

CandidatePartyVotesStatus
Scott JonesLabour594Labour gain
David WilliamsRatepayers463

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:

CandidatePartyVotesStatus
Scott JonesLabour673Labour hold
Jeff JonesIndependent370

In July 2018, Councillor Scott Jones resigned the Labour whip. He therefore now sits as an independent.

References

References

  1. "Ward population 2011".
  2. "ONS: Neighbourhood statistics".
  3. (December 2017)
  4. "Election Maps". [[Ordnance Survey]].
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