Cwmgiedd

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{{Infobox UK place

| country = Wales

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| official_name = Cwmgiedd

| community_wales = Ystradgynlais

| unitary_wales = Powys

| lieutenancy_wales = Powys

| constituency_westminster = Brecon & Radnorshire

| post_town = Swansea

| postcode_district = SA9

| postcode_area = SA

| dial_code = 01639

| os_grid_reference = SN787115

| coordinates = {{coord|51.7891|-3.7591|display=inline,title}}

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Cwmgiedd is a small village beside the River Giedd{{cite web|last1=Vaughan|first1=David|title=Přiběh dvou vesnic: Lidice - Cwmgiedd|url=http://archiv.radio.cz/cesky/lidice.phtml|website=archiv.radio.cz|accessdate=26 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410202637/http://archiv.radio.cz/cesky/lidice.phtml|archive-date=10 April 2008|url-status=dead}} within the community of Ystradgynlais, Powys, Wales. It lies 22.5 km (15 miles) north-east of Swansea and 253 km (157 miles) west of London.

The Silent Village, a 1943 British propaganda film about the destruction by the Nazi occupiers of the Czech village Lidice, was filmed here.{{cite web|title=Silent Village, The (1943)|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/998098/index.html|website=ScreenOnline|publisher=BFI|accessdate=23 May 2016}}

See also

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Category:Villages in Powys

Category:Ystradgynlais

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