Mochdre with Penstrowed

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Mochdre with Penstrowed
  • Welsh: Mochdre gyda Phenystrywaid
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Mochdre with Penstrowed
Location within Powys
Population494 (2011 census)
Community
  • Mochdre with Penstrowed
Principal area
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
List of places
UK
Wales
Powys
52°29′17″N3°22′07″W / 52.487970°N 3.368523°W / 52.487970; -3.368523

Mochdre with Penstrowed [1] (Welsh : Mochdre gyda Phenystrywaid), or just Mochdre, is a community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales. The community includes Mochdre, Penstrowed (which claims to be the smallest hamlet in Wales) [2] and the much larger settlement of Stepaside. The community had a population of 494 as of the 2011 UK Census. [3]

The community also elects up to seven community councillors to Mochdre with Penstrowed Community Council. [4]

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References

  1. "Mochdre with Penstrowed Community". Mapit. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  2. "History of Mochdre with Penstrowed". Mochdre with Penstrowed Community Council. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  3. "Mochdre Parish". NOMIS. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  4. "Mochdre with Penstrowed Community Council". Mochdre with Penstrowed Community Council. Retrieved 16 September 2018.