Ystalyfera

Ystalyfera
Ystalyfera from Varteg Hill
Ystalyfera is located in Neath Port Talbot
Ystalyfera
Ystalyfera
Location within Neath Port Talbot
Population3,019 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceSN767089
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSWANSEA
Postcode districtSA9
Dialling code01639
PoliceSouth Wales
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
Councillors
  • Alun Llewelyn (Plaid Cymru)
List of places
UK
Wales
Neath Port Talbot
51°45′50″N 3°47′10″W / 51.764°N 3.786°W / 51.764; -3.786
Swansea Canal Aqueduct at Ystalyfera

Ystalyfera is a former industrial village and community in the upper Swansea Valley, on the River Tawe, about 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Swansea. It is an electoral ward and a community in the unitary authority of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, comprising a resident population of just over 3,000 people, approximately 60% of whom speak Welsh.[2]

National Cycle Route 43 passes through the village.

  1. ^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Lead view table". Office for National Statistics. 18 November 2004. Retrieved 5 July 2010.