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As well as taking over the functions of the abolished district councils, the new authority also took over the functions of the abolished Mid Glamorgan County Council in the area. The new county borough was described in the 1994 Act with different spellings in English and Welsh: Rhondda Cynon Taff (English) / Rhondda Cynon Taf (Welsh). [4]
Rhondda Cynon Taf is a county borough in South Wales.It is located to the north-west of Cardiff and covers an area of 424 km 2 (164 sq mi). [1] In 2021 the population was approximately 237,500.
There are three Grade I listed buildings in Rhondda Cynon Taf. These are a mid-18th century bridge in Pontypridd and two structures related to the coal-mining heritage of the region; the engine house (1875) and the headframe (1902) of the Hetty Pit near Hopkinstown. [8] In 1746, William Edwards was employed to build a bridge over the River Taff ...
Rhondda Cynon Taf. Until May 2022 the Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough was divided into 52 electoral wards [15] returning 75 councillors. Some of these electoral wards were coterminous with communities (parishes) of the same name. The following table lists council electoral wards, communities and associated geographical areas:
The county borough was formed on 1 April 1996, by the merger of the former Mid Glamorgan districts of Rhondda, Cynon Valley and Taff-Ely (with the exceptions of Creigiau and Pentyrch, which were added to Cardiff). Its name reflects all these, and thus also the rivers Rhondda, Cynon and Taff. Pontypridd, a University and Market Town, is the ...
Ynysybwl is an electoral ward covering the valley of the Nant Clydach in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.It elects two councillors to Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council.. Its boundaries are coterminous with the community of Ynysybwl and Coed-y-Cwm, which as the name suggests includes the villages of Ynysybwl and Coed-y-Cwm, but stretching northwest to include the whole area of the Nant Clydach ...
The ward elects two county borough councillors to the Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council. It is the largest ward in Rhondda Cynon Taf. While being the largest ward in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Rhigos was also one of the least populous. According to the 2011 census the population of the Rhigos ward was 1,700. [1]
[8] [9] The building continued to serve as the headquarters for the subsequent urban district and borough councils until the abolition of the Rhondda Borough Council in 1996. The new Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council moved its headquarters to Clydach Vale, using the old building at Pentre as secondary offices for some years before ...