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Mountain Ash (Welsh: Aberpennar) is a town and former community in the Cynon Valley, within the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, with a population of 11,230 at the 2011 Census, estimated in 2019 at 11,339. [1]
Mountain Ash railway station (Welsh: Gorsaf Reilffordd Aberpennar) serves the town of Mountain Ash in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.It is located on the Aberdare branch of the Merthyr Line and on the banks of the Afon Cynon, a major river in the town.
Mountain Ash is an electoral ward in Rhondda Cynon Taf, electing two councillors to Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council.It was re-created by the merger of Mountain Ash East and Mountain Ash West, following a local government boundary review, effective from 5 May 2022, the date of the 2022 Welsh local elections.
An electoral ward of Mountain Ash East pre-existed the community. The ward elected one county councillor to Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council.. Since 1995 the ward had been represented on the council by Plaid Cymru councillor, Pauline Jarman, [5] [6] who was previously a councillor on Cynon Valley Borough Council.
The tree species Sorbus americana is commonly known as the American mountain-ash. [4] It is a deciduous perennial tree, native to eastern North America. [5]The American mountain-ash and related species (most often the European mountain-ash, Sorbus aucuparia) are also referred to as rowan trees.
Mountain Ash Urban District was a local authority in Mountain Ash, in the Cynon Valley, Glamorgan, Wales.It was created in 1894 as a result of the 1894 Local Government of England and Wales Act.
The facility was commissioned to replace Aberdare General Hospital, Mountain Ash General Hospital and St Tydfil's Hospital. [1] [2] It was designed by HLM and built by Vinci Construction at a cost of £70 million and opened in April 2012. [3]
Sorbus scopulina, also known as Greene's mountain-ash, is a species of rowan that is native to western North America, primarily in the Rocky Mountains. [1] The common name of this species is named in honor of American botanist Edward Lee Greene. [2]