Llancynfelyn

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Llancynfelyn

Coordinates52.51°, -4.00°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Llangynfelyn is a community in Ceredigion, Wales, midway between Aberystwyth and Machynlleth. It stretches from the Leri estuary in the west to Moel y Llyn in the east, and from Lodge Park in the north to Talybont on the A487 to the south; the total area is 9 square miles (23 km2). The population in 2001 was 641, falling to 587 at the 2011 Census. The parish includes Llangynfelyn, Tre-Taliesin, Tre'r Ddôl and Craig y Penrhyn. The parish is named after the parish church of St Cynfelyn.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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John Hefin

Welsh television director (1941–2012)

Dafydd ap Gwilym

14th-century Welsh poet

Dic Jones

Welsh poet and Archdruid (1934–2009)

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Tom Macdonald

British journalist (1900–1980)

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Christopher Evans

British computer scientist (1931-1979)

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Dewi Morgan

Welsh poet

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Lewis Gilbertson

British priest and academic

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Richard Pryse

English politician

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Richard Williams Morgan

Welsh priest

Sir Francis Edwards, 1st Baronet

British politician (1852-1927)

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T. Ifor Rees

British writer and diplomat (1890–1977)

Thomas Francis Roberts

British academic (1860–1919)

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Thomas Richards

Welsh historian, author and librarian (1878–1962)

Tom Cave

British racing driver

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Deio ab Ieuan Du

poet

James Spinther James

historian

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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