Tonna, Neath
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{{Infobox UK place
| country = Wales
| static_image = Grade II listed St Anne's Church, Tonna - geograph.org.uk - 4942356.jpg
| static_image_caption = St Anne's Church in Tonna.
| coordinates = {{coord|51.676|-3.772|display=inline,title}}
| official_name = Tonna
| welsh_name = Tonnau
| population = 2,499
| population_ref = (2011 census){{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/tonna-w05000590#sthash.aFdFwjlO.dpbs|title=Ward population 2011 |accessdate=12 April 2015}}
| unitary_wales = Neath Port Talbot
| lieutenancy_wales = West Glamorgan
| constituency_westminster = Neath
| constituency_welsh_assembly = Neath
| post_town = NEATH
| postcode_district = SA11
| postcode_area = SA
| dial_code = 01639
| os_grid_reference = SS774990
| councillor1 = Leanne Jones
| party1 = Labour
| module= 240px
Map of the community
}}
Tonna ({{langx|cy|Tonnau}}) is the name of a village and community in Neath Port Talbot, Wales, located to the north-east of Neath.
Image:Ivy Tower near Tonna in 2007.jpg
Immediately between Tonna and the adjoining parish of Llanilltud ("Llantwit-juxta-Neath") is a cottage once occupied by the Welsh-born engineer and naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, who had arrived at his theory of evolution independently of Charles Darwin, with whom he later corresponded. Eventually Wallace and Darwin jointly presented the first paper on Natural Selection to the Linnean Society.
The village's rugby union team is Tonna RFC.
Toponymy
Government and politics
The electoral ward of Tonna falls within the parliamentary constituency of Neath. The ward consists of a small built-up area of Tonna village to the northwest with rest of the ward consisting of woodland and pasture. Tonna is bounded by the wards of Aberdulais to the north; Resolven to the northeast; Pelenna to the southeast; Cimla and Neath North to the southwest; and Cadoxton to the west.
In the 2017 local council elections, the electorate turnout was 43.7%. The results were:
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!Candidate !Party !Votes !Status | |||
|Leanne Jones | Labour | 327 | Labour hold |
|Lee Bromham-Nichols | Plaid Cymru | 305 | |
|Kathryn Minshull | Conservative | 107 | |
|Nick Williams | Independent | 83 |
References
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External links
- [https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=2831920 www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Tonna and surrounding area]
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Category:Villages in Neath Port Talbot
Category:Communities in Neath Port Talbot