Mawddwy
Sign in to savethumb|A view across Dinas Mawddwy Mawddwy is a community in the county of Gwynedd, Wales, and is 88.3 miles (142.2 km) from Cardiff and 172.8 miles (278.0 km) from London. In 2011 the population of Mawddwy was 622 with 59.5% of them able to speak Welsh. It is one of the largest and most sparsely populated communities in Wales.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.official_name
- Mawddwy
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 119.8
- UK place.cardiff_distance_mi
- 88.3
- UK place.cardiff_distance_km
- 142.2
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 172.8
- UK place.london_distance_km
- 278.0
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Gwynedd
- UK place.community_wales
- Mawddwy
- UK place.post_town
- Machynlleth
- UK place.postcode_district
- SY20
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SH 8577 1473
- UK place.population
- 622
- UK place.module
- 240pxMap of the community
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thumb|A view across Dinas Mawddwy Mawddwy is a community in the county of Gwynedd, Wales, and is 88.3 miles (142.2 km) from Cardiff and 172.8 miles (278.0 km) from London. In 2011 the population of Mawddwy was 622 with 59.5% of them able to speak Welsh. It is one of the largest and most sparsely populated communities in Wales.
== History == Mawddwy was a medieval commote in the cantref of Cynan of the Kingdom of Powys. Cynan also contained the commote of Cyfeiliog. Other sources refer to Cyfeiliog as a cantref in its own right, possibly as a result of Cynan being renamed for the largest commote within it. The town of Dinas Mawddwy and villages of Mallwyd, Aberangell, and Llanymawddwy are within the community of Mawddwy. It is a very hilly region stretching across the pass of Bwlch y Groes, from Llyn Tegid to Cadair Idris. The rocks date back to the Cambrian Period and slate, silver and lead have been mined here.