:Disserth and Trecoed

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{{Infobox UK place

| official_name = Disserth and Trecoed

| type = Community

| country = Wales

| welsh_name =

| static_image_name = Disserth church - geograph.org.uk - 91558.jpg

| static_image_caption = St Cedwydd's, in the Ithon valley

| coordinates = {{coord|52.215|-3.414|display=title}}

| unitary_wales = Powys

| map_type = nomap

| module= 240px
Map of the community

}}

Disserth and Trecoed ({{langx|cy|Diserth a Threcoed}}) is a community in central Powys, Wales (the historic county of Radnorshire). It has a population of 1,239 according to the 2011 UK census.{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/disserth-and-trecoed-w05000296#sthash.DrntPKDQ.dpbs |title=Disserth and Trecoed - Key Stats |website=UKcensusdata.com|access-date=2018-01-21}}

It is a rural area and includes the settlements of Howey and Crossway and the Caerwnon Park retirement park. It is located to the south of Llandrindod Wells and a few miles to the north of Builth Wells.{{cite web|url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/s |title=Election Maps |publisher=Ordnance Survey|access-date=2018-01-21}}

The dispersed village of Disserth has a Grade I listed church, St Cewydd's, which dates from the medieval period. It has an unrestored interior with box pews, dating from the 17th and 18th centuries.{{cite web|url=https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300008806-church-of-st-cewydd-disserth-and-trecoed#. |title=Church of St Cewydd - A Grade I Listed Building in Disserth and Trecoed, Powys |publisher=British Listed Buildings|access-date=2018-01-21}}

Governance

Disserth and Trecoed has a community council with seven elected community councillors.[http://www.disserthandtrecoed.co.uk/DT-Community-Council/contact_us-8241.aspx Contact us], Disserth and Trecoed Community Council. Retrieved 2018-01-21.

The Disserth and Trecoed ward elected a county councillor to Powys County Council. Since 1995 it was represented by Labour, an Independent, the Liberal Democrats and the Conservative Party.{{cite web|url=http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Powys-1995-2012.pdf |title=Powys 1995-2012 |publisher=The Elections Centre|access-date=2018-01-21}} Boundary changes for the 2022 elections combined the community with Newbridge ward of Llanyre community, to form the Powys County Council ward of Disserth and Trecoed with Newbridge.{{Cite web|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/1081?view=plain|title=The County of Powys (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021|access-date=24 October 2024}}

References

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