Treorchy is a village and community (as well as selecting ward) in Wales. As soon as a town, it keeps the characteristics of a community. Located in the area district of Rhondda Cynon Taf in the Rhondda Fawr valley. Treorchy is additionally one of the 16 communities of the Rhondda. It includes the villages of Cwmparc as well as Ynyswen. Pre-industrial Rhondda neighborhood was Welsh-speaking, and also the Welsh language remained to be widely spoken in the valley as well as in the upper villages of the Rhondda until the mid-twentieth century. The initial travelers to the Rhondda were from country Wales however later a higher percentage came from England. In 1901 64.4% of the population of the Rhondda Urban District were recorded as Welsh-speaking yet this percentage fell to 56.6% by 1911. After being a town whose employment depended virtually totally on coal mining in the Abergorki, Tylecoch, Parc and also Dare collieries, by the end of the 1970s every one of these collieries had shut. Treorchy ended up being a traveler town, with the working population seeking employment in the larger communities as well as cities nearby, such as Cardiff and Bridgend. Currently operate in Treorchy is mainly in retail.