:Faenor, Ceredigion
{{Short description|Community in Ceredigion, Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = Wales
| welsh_name = Y Faenor
| official_name = Faenor
| coordinates = {{coord|52.425454|-4.035931|display=inline,title}}
| community_wales = Faenor
| unitary_wales = Ceredigion
| lieutenancy_wales = Dyfed
| constituency_westminster = Ceredigion Preseli
| constituency_welsh_assembly = Ceredigion
| post_town = ABERYSTWYTH
| postcode_district = SY23
| postcode_area = SY
| dial_code = 01970
| map_type =
| os_grid_reference = SN6589
| cardiff_distance_mi = 90
| cardiff_distance = SE
| population = 2,545
| static_image =
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Map of the community
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Faenor is a community and electoral ward sharing a boundary with the town of Aberystwyth in Ceredigion, Wales.{{cite web|url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |title=Election maps |publisher=Ordnance Survey| access-date=10 February 2019 }}
Faenor also has two community wards which elect 12 councillors to Faenor Community Council: One covers Waun Fawr and most of the student village Pentre Jane Morgan of Aberystwyth University, while the other covers Comins Coch, Capel Dewi and Lovesgrove.{{cite web|url=http://www.faenorcommunitycouncil.org.uk/Faenor-CC/Default.aspx |title=Welcome to the Faenor Community Council website |publisher=Faenor Community Council| access-date=10 February 2019 }}
Most of the houses in Faenor were built from the 1960s onwards to house the expanding population of Aberystwyth and its University. Pentre Jane Morgan is purpose-built student accommodation on land which used to be part of the University farm until the 1990s.
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External links
- [http://www.faenorcommunitycouncil.org.uk/ Faenor Community Council website]
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Category:Communities in Ceredigion
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