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Powys is administered by Powys County Council and has 68 elected councillors representing 60 council wards. Although it is a unitary authority , the highway functions of the council, along with the allocation of small grants, are delegated to the three Shire Committees.
The District of Montgomeryshire or Montgomery (Welsh: Maldwyn) was one of three local government districts of the county of Powys, Wales, from 1974 until 1996. The district had an identical area to the previous administrative county of Montgomeryshire. The district was abolished in 1996, with Powys County Council taking over its functions.
What is now Illinois was claimed as part of Illinois County, Virginia, between 1778 and 1782. Modern-day county formation dates to 1790 when the area was part of the Northwest Territory; two counties—St. Clair and Knox—were created at that time. Knox would later become a county in Indiana and is unrelated to the current Knox County in ...
Llangors is an electoral ward for Powys County Council.Its boundaries are coterminous with those of Llangors community. One county councillor is elected from the ward. Between 1995 and 2012 the seat was held by the Liberal Democrats, until an Independent candidate won the seat in May
The borough of Brecknock was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972.It covered the area of the administrative county of Brecknockshire, which was abolished at the same time, with the exceptions of Brynmawr and Llanelly, which were transferred to Gwent, and Penderyn and Vaynor, which were transferred to Mid Glamorgan.
The surrounding area has extensive uninhabited uplands of moorland at Carneddau, Gilwern Hill, Gwaunceste Hill, Little Hill and Glascwm Hill. The A481 passes through the area. [ 1 ] In 2005 Powys county council recorded a population of 479, [ 1 ] increasing to 551 at the 2011 Census.
Powys is the largest and most sparsely populated county in Wales, having an area of 5,181 km 2 (2,000 sq mi) and a population of 133,891 in 2022. [2] After Newtown (11,362), the most populous settlements are Ystradgynlais (8,270), Brecon (8,254), and Llandrindod Wells (5,602). The county is entirely rural, and characterised by multiple market ...
Llanfrynach is a village and community in the county of Powys, Wales, and the historic county of Brecknockshire. The population of the community as taken at the 2011 census was 571. [1] It lies just to the southeast of Brecon in the Brecon Beacons National Park. The village sits astride the Nant Menasgin, a right bank tributary of the River Usk.