Powys
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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.
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| Geography | |
| Area - Total - % Water | Ranked 1st 5,196 km² ? % |
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| Admin HQ | Llandrindod Wells |
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| ONS code | 00NN |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - () - Density | Ranked {{Welsh council population Ranked {{Welsh council population / km² |
| Ethnicity | 99.3% White |
| Welsh language - Any skills | Ranked 7th 30.1% |
| Politics | |
 Powys Council http://www.powys.gov.uk/ | |
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Powys is a local government principal area and a preserved county in Wales.
Geography
- See the list of places in Powys for all towns and villages in Powys.
Most of Powys is very mountainous with north-south transportation by car and rail being quite difficult.
History
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 Gwynedd during the 1260s.Administration
The present day administrative county was created on April 1, 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, and originally had Montgomery and Radnor and Brecknock as districts under it. On April 1, 1996, the districts were abolished and 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).
Powys is administered by Powys county council and has 73 elected councillors.
Local elections take place ever 4 years.
The present lord lieutenant is The Honourable Mrs Legge-Bourke LVO.
Electoral divisions
The county is divided into 73 electoral wards, each returning one councillor.There are 112 communities in the principal area. Nearly all communities have a local community council.
Places of interest
- The Black Mountains
- Brecon Beacons
- 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
- 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
- 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
Museums and exhibitions
- Brecknock Museum, Brecon,
- Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth
- Llandrindod Wells Museum
- Llanidloes Museum
- Newtown Textile Museum
- Powysland Museum, Welshpool
External links
- [Powys county council] (official site)
- [Powys Heritage]
- [Powys Web Links]
- [Tourism in Powys]
| Principal areas of Wales |
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| Subdivisions created by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 Anglesey | Blaenau Gwent | Bridgend | Caerphilly | Cardiff | Carmarthenshire | Ceredigion | Conwy | Denbighshire | Flintshire | Gwynedd | Merthyr Tydfil | Monmouthshire | Neath Port Talbot | Newport | Pembrokeshire | Powys | Rhondda Cynon Taff | Swansea | Torfaen | Vale of Glamorgan | Wrexham | |
| United Kingdom | Wales | Preserved counties of Wales |
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| Counties of the Lieutenancies Act 1997 Clwyd - Dyfed - Gwent - Gwynedd - Mid Glamorgan - Powys - South Glamorgan - West Glamorgan |
| Local government counties and districts of Wales 1974 – 1996 |
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Local authorities created by the Local Government Act 1972
CLWYD: Alyn and Deeside | Colwyn | Delyn | Glyndwr | Rhuddlan | Wrexham Maelor | |
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