Cadfarch
{{Short description|Community in Powys, Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
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|official_name = Cadfarch
|coordinates = {{coord|52.561|-3.89932}}
|country = Wales
|community_wales = Cadfarch
|unitary_wales = Powys
|lieutenancy_wales = Powys
|constituency_westminster = Montgomeryshire
|constituency_welsh_assembly = Montgomeryshire
|post_town = Machynlleth
|postcode_district = SY20
|postcode_area = SY
|dial_code = 01650
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|cardiff_distance_mi = 109
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|population = 855
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Cadfarch is a community a few miles to the south and southeast of Machynlleth in Powys (previously Montgomeryshire) in Wales. The community's western and southern border is with the neighbouring county of Ceredigion, while the northwest corner touches Gwynedd.
The community includes the villages and settlements of Penegoes, Forge, Derwenlas and Abergwydol.{{cite web|url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/|title=Election Maps|publisher=Ordnance Survey|access-date=4 February 2018}} also Aberhosan and Melinbyrhedyn. In 2011 the community had a population of 855 with 538 of them Welsh speakers.Full references on Welsh Wikipedia. It has the highest Welsh identity in Montgomeryshire, with 66% having some form of Welsh identity.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=W04000258|title=Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics}}
"Cadfarch" is also the name of a 6th-century Welsh saint{{Cite web|title=Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=W04000258|access-date=2021-07-26|website=www.nomisweb.co.uk}} and the church at Penegoes is dedicated to him.
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