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3 days ago · Swansea, along with Neath and Port Talbot, forms the Swansea Urban Area, with a population of 300,352 in 2011. It is also part of the Swansea Bay City Region. During the 19th-century industrial heyday, Swansea was the key centre of the copper-smelting industry, earning the nickname Copperopolis.
17 hours ago · 22 seats, 40.9%. 14 seats, 36.1%. 4 seats, 9.9%. Seats before. 21. 13. 3. The 2024 general election is scheduled to be held on Thursday, 4 July 2024. Thirty-two seats will be up for election in Wales as the general election will occur after the recently completed boundary review took effect.
1 day ago · The Ospreys (Welsh: Y Gweilch), formerly the Neath–Swansea Ospreys is one of the four professional rugby union teams from Wales. They compete in the United Rugby Championship and the European Rugby Champions Cup.
2 days ago · Plaid Cymru ( English: / plaɪd ˈkʌmri / PLYDE KUM-ree; [25] Welsh: [plaid ˈkəmri]; officially Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales, and often referred to simply as Plaid) is a centre-left to left-wing, Welsh nationalist political party in Wales, committed to Welsh independence from the United Kingdom. [26] [27]
May 30, 2024 · Neath (Castell-Nedd)Â is located on the River Neath in South Wales, in the county of Neath and Port Talbot, approximately 190 miles west of London and 9 miles north-east of Swansea. The town has a population of around 27,000.
4 days ago · The link between the Neath Canal and the River Neath, authorised under the 1798 Neath Canal Act, was never built and trade was slow. George Tennant saw the advantage of extending his canal further up the Neath Valley and making a connection with the Neath Canal at Aberdulais to more conveniently tap into the traffic of the Neath Canal.
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5 days ago · The Tennant Canal has a history of three canals, the first being the Glan-yr-wern Canal built between 1788-90, the second, built in 1817-18, the canal built by George Tennant to link the Neath and Tawe rivers utilising part of the Glan-yr-wern Canal and the third is an extension of the latter to link George Tennant's Canal with the Neath Canal ...
