| Blaengwrach | |
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  Blaengwrach Location within Neath Port Talbot | |
| Population | 1,141 (2011 census) |
| OS grid reference | SN868052 |
| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEATH |
| Postcode district | SA11 |
| Dialling code | 01639 |
| Police | South Wales |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
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Blaengwrach (/blaɪnˈɡrɑːx/ blyne-GRAHKH,[1][2] Welsh: [ˌblainˈɡwraːχ]) is a community near Glynneath and Resolven in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales. It is also the name of an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, which is a larger area than the Community. The principal settlement is Cwmgwrach, a village on the south side of the Neath valley, of which the eastern end is called Blaengwrach, which sometimes causes confusion.
2km
1.2miles
1.2miles
Mynydd
Resolven
(383m)
Resolven
(383m)
Craig y Llyn
(600m)
(600m)
R E S O L V E N
G L Y N - N E A T H
G L Y N C O R R W G
B L A E N G W R A C H
Mynnydd
Pen-y-Cae
(573m)
Pen-y-Cae
(573m)
Wenallt Iron
foundry site
foundry site
Open Cast mine
Map of Blaengwrach Community on the north-east edge of Neath Port Talbot County Borough.
- ^ John Wells's Phonetics Blog
- ^ G.M. Miller, BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (Oxford UP, 1971), p. 16; "Welsh speakers pronounce 'gwrach' as one syllable by treating the 'w' as a rounding of the lips to accompany the 'r'," which also occurs with English /r/.