Ystalyfera

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Ystalyfera
Ystalyfera from Varteg Hill
Ystalyfera Location within Neath Port Talbot
Population	3,019 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid reference	SN767089
Principal area	Neath Port Talbot
Preserved county	West Glamorgan
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SWANSEA
Postcode district	SA9
Dialling code	01639
Police	South Wales
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Neath
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Neath
Councillors	Alun Llewelyn (Plaid Cymru)
List of places UK Wales Neath Port Talbot 51°45′50″N 3°47′10″W / 51.764°N 3.786°W / 51.764; -3.786

Ystalyfera is a former industrial village and community in the upper Swansea Valley, on the River Tawe, about 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Swansea. It is an electoral ward and a community in the unitary authority of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, comprising a resident population of just over 3,000 people, approximately 60% of whom speak Welsh.^[2]

National Cycle Route 43 passes through the village.