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| Powys county | |
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| Geography | |
| Area: - Total - % Water | Ranked 1st 5,196 km² ? % |
| Admin HQ: | Llandrindod Wells |
| ISO 3166-2: | GB-POW |
| ONS code: | 00NN |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total ( April 29, 2001) - Density | Ranked 11th 126,354 24 / km² |
| Welsh language: - Any skills | Ranked 7th 30.1% |
| Politics | |
| Powys County Council http://www.powys.gov.uk | |
| Control: | Independent |
| MPs: | Martyn JonesMartyn David Jones (born 1 March 1947) is a politician in Wales. He is member of Parliament for Clwyd South, and a member of the Labour Party. He has been an MP since 1987, and was for a while a Labour whip. Jones, Martyn. Lembit ÖpikLembit Opik (born March 2, 1965) is a British politician in the Liberal Democrat Party. He is Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire and also Shadow Secretary of State for Wales and Northern Ireland. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the internal part Roger WilliamsRoger Hugh Williams is a British Member of Parliament, a Liberal Democrat elected from Brecon and Radnorshire in 2001. A local farmer, Williams attended Christ College school in Brecon. External link Williams, Roger. |
| AMsThe National Assembly for Wales is composed of 60 Members. 40 are elected from winner take all constituencies. 20 are elected in regions elected through proportional representation. The First Minister of the National Assembly and his Cabinet comprises the: | Karen Sinclair Mick Bates Kirsty Williams (Constituency) North Wales (Part), Mid and West Wales (Part) (Regional) |
| MEPsA Member of the European Parliament ( English abbreviation MEP is a member of the European Union's directly-elected legislative body, the European Parliament. MEPs are the European equivalents of a country's national parliamentary members, known as MPs in: | Wales |
Powys is an administrative countyAn administrative county is an administrative area in the British Isles. The term was introduced for England and Wales by the Local Government Act 1888, which created county councils for various areas, and called them 'administrative counties' to distingu in WalesFor alternate meanings, see Wales (disambiguation Wales ( Welsh: Cymru pronounced /"k@mrI/ SAMPA, km IPA, 'Kumree' approximate pronunciation) is one of the four nations comprising the United Kingdom (the other three being England, Scotland and Northern Ir, over 2000 sq. m. in size. It covers the areas of the traditional counties of MontgomeryshireMontgomeryshire ( Welsh: Sir Drefaldwyn is an inland traditional county of Wales. The area is almost wholly mountainous, although there are some fertile valleys on the Shropshire side. The highest point is Mole Sych (2,713 ft). Its main rivers are the Riv, Radnorshire and Brecknockshire. It was created in the local government reform of 1974, and originally had Montgomery and Radnor and Brecknock as districts under it. In 1996 it became a unitary authority, with a minor border adjustment in the north-east.
This area is named after the older Welsh kingdom of Powys, which occupied roughly the same area, and came to an end when it was absorbed into the kingdom of Gwynedd by Hywel Dda.
| Powys from 1974-1996 | |
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