Cwmgiedd
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| Cwmgiedd | |
|---|---|
  Cwmgiedd Location within Powys | |
| OS grid reference | SN787115 |
| Community |
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| Principal area | |
| Preserved county |
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| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Swansea |
| Postcode district | SA9 |
| Dialling code | 01639 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Cwmgiedd is a small village beside the River Giedd[2] 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 Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Yorath Chapel, first built in 1806, is in Cwmgiedd.[3]
The Silent Village, a 1943 British propaganda film about the destruction by the Nazi occupiers of the Czech village Lidice, was filmed here,[4] and in 2015, a graft of a Lidice pear tree was planted in the village, near the junction with the A4067, as part of the "Messenger of Hope" project.[5]
