Mumbles is a

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, ...

(civil parish) in the

City and County of Swansea Swansea (; cy, Abertawe ) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Swansea ( cy, links=no, Dinas a Sir Abertawe). The city is the twenty-fifth largest in ...

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, covering the district of the same name. The community covers the areas of Blackpill, Langland, Limeslade, Mayals, Mumbles Head, Newton, Norton,

Oystermouth Oystermouth (a corruption of the Welsh name ''Ystum Llwynarth'' or ''Ystumllwynarth'') is a village (and former electoral ward) in the district of Mumbles, Swansea, Wales. It is part of the Mumbles community (civil parish). Description The ...

and Thistleboon. The population in 2011 was 16,600 making it the second biggest community in Swansea.

Governance

Local administration was carried out by Oystermouth Urban District Council until 1918, when powers were handed to Swansea Council. Mumbles Community Council was created in 1983 to restore a level of local administration to the district. The community elects a

community council A community council is a public representative body in Great Britain. In England they may be statutory parish councils by another name, under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, or they may be non-statutory bodies. In ...

of 18 councillors elected from the community wards of

Mayals Mayals is an electoral ward and suburb of Swansea, Wales. It is located about 6 kilometers west of Swansea City Centre. Mayals is considered a part of the larger district of Mumbles, along with the nine other settlements within the community co ...

, Newton,

and West Cross. The community council made the news in early 2016 when they considered taking legal action over criticisms made about them on the social networking website, Streetlife. Mumbles is also covered by the county wards of

, West Cross and Mumbles, which elect councillors to Swansea Council. The latter named Mumbles ward was formed by merging the former Newton and Oystermouth wards, following a 2021 ward boundary review.

References

External links

Mumbles community council
{{Swansea Communities in Swansea Mumbles