Cadfarch

Cadfarch
Cadfarch
 Cadfarch shown within Powys
Population 849 
    Cardiff 109 mi (175 km)  
Principal areaPowys
Ceremonial countyDyfed
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Machynlleth
Postcode district SY20
Dialling code 01650
Police Dyfed-Powys
Fire Mid and West Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK ParliamentMontgomeryshire
Welsh AssemblyMontgomeryshire
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Coordinates: 52°33′40″N 3°53′58″W / 52.561005°N 3.899323°W

Cadfarch is a community a few miles to the south and south-east of Machynlleth in Powys in Wales. The community's border is also the border between two counties: Powys and Gwynedd. In 2011 the community had a population of 855 with 538 of them Welsh speakers.[1]

"Cadfarch" is also the name of a 6th Century Welsh Saint.[2]

References

  1. Full references on Welsh Wikipedia.
  2. T. D. Berverton, The Book of Welsh Saints (Cyhoeddiadau Glyndŵr, 2000), pp. 97.