Coedffranc is a village in the

county borough County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control, similar to the unitary authorities created since the 1990s. An equivalent ter ...

Neath Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot ( cy, Castell-nedd Port Talbot) is a Local government in Wales#Principal areas, county borough in the South West Wales, south-west of Wales. Its principal towns are Neath, Port Talbot, Briton Ferry and Pontardawe. The county bor ...

, Wales. Today it has merged into an enlarged

Skewen Skewen ( cy, Sgiwen) is a village within the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, in Wales. The village is served by Skewen railway station and has its own rugby club. History Skewen was once an industrial village. There were a number of colli ...

, occupying the central regions of the village of Skewen. Coedffranc is also a local government

community A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, tow ...

. The community includes the villages of Jersey Marine,

Llandarcy Llandarcy is a village near Neath in the Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales, and was the site of the Llandarcy Oil Refinery, first oil refinery in the United Kingdom. It was originally designed as a Planned community, garden village to house ...

and

Coed Darcy Coed Darcy is a new village currently being developed adjacent to Llandarcy in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. Historical background The village is being built on brownfield land vacated by a former oil refinery, the Llandarcy Oil Refi ...

. and had a population of 9,053 in 2011.

Governance

Coedffranc encompasses the

electoral ward A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to t ...

s of Coedffranc Central,

Coedffranc North Coedffranc North is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. is a part of the Coedffranc community and falls within the parliamentary constituency of Aberavon. Coedffranc North is bounded by the wards of Dyffryn to the nor ...

and

Coedffranc West Coedffranc West is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. As of May 2022, it is represented by two councillors from the Welsh Liberal Democrats. Coedffranc West is bounded by the wards of Llansamlet and Bonymaen of Swan ...

for elections to

Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council is the local authority for the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, one of the 22 principal areas of Wales. The council was controlled by the Labour Party from its creation in 1996 until 2022, when Plaid ...

. Coedffranc was also the name of an

West Glamorgan , HQ= County Hall, Swansea , Government= West Glamorgan County Council (abolished 1996) , Status= , Start= 1974 , End= 1996 , Arms= ''Coat of arms of Wes ...

from 4 May 1989, formed from Coedffranc Central and Coedffranc East by ''The County of West Glamorgan (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1989''. Coedffranc Central and Coedffranc East were recreated for the Neath Port Talbot local elections of 1995. Prior to 1974 Coedffranc was a ward to

Glamorgan County Council Glamorgan County Council was established in 1889 together with the administrative county of Glamorganshire under the Local Government Act 1888. The first elections to the council were held in January 1889. The council was abolished under the Local ...

, electing one councillor.

References

External links

Coedffranc Community Council
Villages in Neath Port Talbot Communities in Neath Port Talbot Electoral wards of West Glamorgan Former wards of Wales Glamorgan electoral wards {{NeathPortTalbot-geo-stub