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'''Powys principal area'''
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| colspan="2" style="background: #f0f0f0; font-weight: bolder;"|Geography
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Surface area Area'''
- Total
- % Water
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List of Welsh principal areas by area Ranked 1st1 E9 m² 5,196 square kilometre km²? %
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!Admin HQ
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Llandrindod Wells
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ISO 3166-2:GB ISO 3166-2
|GB-POW
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ONS coding system ONS code
|00NN
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| colspan=2 style="background: #f0f0f0; font-weight: bolder;"|Demographics
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Population''':
- Total (
2004 est.)
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Density
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List of Welsh principal areas by population Ranked 9th130,700
List of Welsh principal areas by population density Ranked 22nd25 / km²
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!Ethnicity
|99.3% White
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Welsh language'''
- Any skills
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List of Welsh principal areas by percentage Welsh language Ranked 7th30.1%
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| colspan="2" style="background: #f0f0f0; font-weight: bolder;"|Politics
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Image:Powys-coa.pngPowys Council
http://www.powys.gov.uk/
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!Control
|Independent
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MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005 MPs
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Martyn Jones
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Lembit Öpik
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Roger Williams (UK politician) Roger Williams
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Members of the National Assembly for Wales AMs
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Karen Sinclair
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Mick Bates
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Kirsty Williams (Constituency)
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North Wales National Assembly for Wales Electoral Region North Wales (Part)
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Mid and West Wales National Assembly for Wales Electoral Region Mid and West Wales (Part)
(Regional)
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Member of the European_Parliament MEPs
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European Parliament Election, 2004 (UK)#Wales Wales
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''This article is about the administrative county of Wales. For the ancient kingdom, see
Kingdom of Powys. Powys may also refer to the preserved county of Wales.''
'''Powys''' is a local government
Principal areas of Wales principal area and a
preserved counties of Wales preserved county in
Wales. It has an area of 5196
square kilometre km², and covers the
Traditional counties of Wales traditional counties of
Montgomeryshire,
Radnorshire and most of
Brecknockshire.
It was created on
April 1,
1974 under the
Local Government Act 1972, and originally had
Montgomeryshire Montgomery and
Radnorshire Radnor and
Brecknockshire Brecknock as districts under it. On
April 1,
1996, the districts were abolished, it became a
unitary authority, with a minor border adjustment in the north-east (specifically the addition of the communities of
Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant,
Llansilin and
Llangedwyn from
Glyndwr district in
Clwyd).
This area is named after the older Welsh
Kingdom of Powys, which occupied the northern two thirds of the area, and came to an end when it was occupied by
Llywelyn ap Gruffydd of
Kingdom of Gwynedd Gwynedd during the 1260s.
''See the
list of places in Powys for all towns and villages in Powys.''
Places of interest
*The
Black Mountains, Wales Black Mountains
*
Brecon Beacons
*
Brecknock Museum,
Brecon,
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Brecon Caer Roman Fort
*Several large
cave systems --
Ogof Draenen,
Ogof Ffynnon Ddu,
Agen Allwedd,
Ogof y Daren Cilau,
Ogof Craig a Ffynnon
*
Celtica exhibition,
Machynlleth
*
Machynlleth Centre for Alternative Technology Centre for Alternative Technology,
Machynlleth
*The
Elan Valley, including the
Elan Valley Reservoirs --
Claerwen Reservoir,
Craig-goch Reservoir,
Penygarreg Reservoir,
Garreg-ddu Reservoir,
Caban-coch Reservoir,
Afon Claerwen
*The
Lake Vyrnwy Sculpture Trail
*
Llandrindod Wells Museum
*
Llanidloes Museum
*
Newtown Textile Museum
*
Powysland Museum,
Welshpool
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Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway
*
Radnor Forest
*
Tretower Castle
*The
Welsh National Cycle Route
*The
Wye Valley Walk from
Chepstow to
Rhayader
*
Offa's Dyke Path
External links
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Powys Heritage
-
Powys Web Links
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Tourism in Powys
Image:WalesPowys1974.png frame|left|Powys from 1974-1996.
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{{Wales preserved counties}}
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'''
Powys''' is one of the
principal areas of Wales. This
:Category category contains locations within the principal area.
{{Wales subdivisions categories}}
See also
*
:Category:Brecknockshire
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:Category:Montgomeryshire
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:Category:Radnorshire
Category:Principal areas of Wales
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