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The council was established on 1 April 1996 under the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994, covering the area of the three former districts of Rhondda, Cynon Valley, and Taff-Ely (except Pentyrch, which went to Cardiff).
The most populous individual town in Rhondda Cynon Taf is Aberdare (Welsh: Aberdâr) with a population of 39,550 (2011), followed by Pontypridd with 32,694 (2011). The largest built-up area as defined by the Office for National Statistics is the Tonypandy built-up area, with a population of 62,545 (2011), which covers much of the Rhondda valley ...
This is a list of local government communities (since the creation of Rhondda Cynon Taf unless otherwise indicated): Aberaman (to 30 November 2016) [ 2 ] Aberaman North (from 1 December 2016) [ 2 ]
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Treforest has been an electoral ward to Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council since 1995, electing one county borough councillor. It has been represented by the Labour Party, Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats at various points since 1995. [4] Treforest is also a community ward to Pontypridd Town Council, electing three town councillors. [5]
Talbot Green was an electoral ward to Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council, bounded to the east by the A4119 road. [6] It elected one county borough councillor. Between 1999 and 2017 representation was by Independent councillors [7] but at the May 2017 election the seat was taken by Labour's Stephen Powell. [8]
The Tylorstown electoral ward was coterminous with the borders of the Tylorstown community and elected two county councillors to Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council. Since 1995 representation had mainly been by the Labour Party but the ward had a Plaid Cymru councillor from 1999 to 2004.
From 15,000 miners in 1947, Rhondda had just a single pit within the valleys producing coal in 1984, located at Maerdy. [10] In 1966, the village of Aberfan in the Taff valley suffered one of the worst disasters in Welsh history, referred to today as the Aberfan disaster.