Llanafan Fawr
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Llanafan Fawr is a village and community and ecclesiastical parish in Powys, Wales. Located in the former cantref of Buellt (Builth) and historic county of Brecknockshire, the community includes the former parish of Llanfihangel Bryn Pabuan.
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Llanafan Fawr | |
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St Afan's Church in Llanafan Fawr | |
Location within Powys | |
Population | 470 (2011)[1] |
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Preserved county | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Llandrindod Wells |
Postcode district | LD1 |
Police | Dyfed-Powys |
Fire | Mid and West Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
Website | community council site |
52.1908°N 03.5102°W / 52.1908; -03.5102 |
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The parish has an area of slightly over 5,000 hectares (12,000 acres) (about twenty square miles) and a scattered rural population of more than a thousand. It is named after Saint Afan and was the centre of Cantref Buallt in ancient times, before the building of Builth Wells about 9 miles (14 km) away. The former spa town of Llandrindod Wells is also close by.