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Cwmllynfell
Cwmllynfell
	Cwmllynfell Location within Neath Port Talbot
Population	1,172 (2011 census)
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 ; Map of the community

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

Amenities

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.

Electoral ward

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]

Candidate	Party	Votes	Status
Hugh Jones	Plaid Cymru	283	Plaid Cymru gain
Kris Lloyd	Labour	194

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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Status
Clifford Richards	Labour	348	Labour hold
David James	Plaid Cymru	110

Earthquake

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]