:Crai, Powys

{{Short description|Village and community in Powys, Wales}}

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{{Infobox UK place

| country = Wales

| official_name = Crai

| coordinates = {{coord|51.907|-3.606|type:city_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| unitary_wales = Powys

| lieutenancy_wales = Powys

| constituency_westminster = Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe

| constituency_welsh_assembly = Brecon and Radnorshire

| post_town = BRECON

| postcode_district = LD3

| postcode_area = LD

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| os_grid_reference = SN625515

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| static_image_name = The Village Hall, Crai.jpg

| static_image_caption = Crai village hall

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File:Postcard photo of Maescarnog, Crai, Breconshire.jpg

Crai, also spelled as Cray, is a village and community in the county of Powys, Wales. It is within the Brecon Beacons National Park and historically in Brecknockshire. The population of the community at the 2011 census was 241, and includes the village of Crai, the hamlet of Felin-Crai,{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11122429&c=LD3+8PT&d=16&e=62&g=6491158&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1447498826562&enc=1|title=Community population 2011|accessdate=14 November 2015}} and many dispersed farms around the valley of the Afon Crai. The river is dammed 2 km / 1.5 mi southwest of the village to form Crai Reservoir.Ordnance Survey Explorer map OL12 'Brecon Beacons National Park: western area' Crai means fresh, raw water.Owen, H.W. & Morgan, R. 2007 'Dictionary of the Place-names of Wales' Gomer Press, Ceredigion The famous Llywel Stone (see Llywel) was found close to the Crai/Trecastle boundary. A history of the village is contained in Lewis, D. Craionog: Hanes plwyf Defynog : yn cynnwys y rhanbarthau cynlynol; Crai, Glyntawy, Senni, Glyntarell, a Maescar. Merthyr Tydfil : H. W. Southey a'i Feibion, Cyf, Argrffwyr, 1911.