Pontarddulais

Coordinates: 51°43′N 4°02′W / 51.71°N 04.04°W / 51.71; -04.04

Pontarddulais (Welsh pronunciation: [pɔntarˈðɨːlais]) is a community and town in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. It is situated 16 km (9.9 mi) north west of Swansea city centre. It falls within the Pontarddulais ward.

Overview

A literal English translation of the name Pontarddulais is "Bridge on the Dulais", with Dulais meaning "black stream", probably due to its journey through coal measures. The earlier name of Pontaberdulais is in reference to a dismantled 14th-century road bridge over the Loughor River (Afon Llwchwr) which formed part of the main highway between Swansea and Carmarthen. The Bridge was so named because of its position upstream of the mouth of the Dulais stream, and not as many believe, because of its spanning the Dulais stream. The Pontaberdulais bridge spanned the River Loughor. This bridge was also known as "Y Bont Fawr". The village that developed around this bridge took the shortened form of Pontardulais as its name, also written as Pontarddulais because of the assumption that the bridge was "over Dulais". The bridge also gave the town its nickname "Y Bont" ("The Bont").

Pontarddulais (electoral ward)

Pontarddulais is a name of an electoral ward and parish of the City and County of Swansea, south Wales. The parish of Pontarddulais has its own elected town council.

The electoral ward covers the town of Pontarddulais and its surrounding rural areas, in the parliamentary constituency of Gower. The electoral ward is bounded by Mawr to the east; Llangyfelach to the south east; and Penyrheol to the south west.

The community of Pontarddulais is twinned with Hourtin in France.

For the 2012 local council elections, the turnout for Pontarddulais was 39.01%. The results were:

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Coordinates: 51°43′07″N 4°02′54″W / 51.71865°N 4.04834°W / 51.71865; -4.04834