Meifod
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Meifod is a small village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 7 miles north-west of Welshpool
Welshpool
Welshpool is a town in Powys, Wales, or ancient county Montgomeryshire, from the Wales-England border. The town is low-lying on the River Severn; the Welsh language name Y Trallwng literally meaning 'the marshy or sinking land'...

 in Powys
Powys
Powys is a local-government county and preserved county in Wales.-Geography:Powys covers the historic counties of Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire, most of Brecknockshire , and a small part of Denbighshire — an area of 5,179 km², making it the largest county in Wales by land area.It is...

, mid Wales
Mid Wales
Mid Wales is the name given to the central region of Wales. The Mid Wales Regional Committee of the National Assembly for Wales covered the counties of Ceredigion and Powys and the area of Gwynedd that had previously been the district of Meirionydd. A similar definition is used by the BBC...

, on the A495 road and located in the valley of the River Vyrnwy
River Vyrnwy
The River Vyrnwy is a river which flows through northern Powys, Wales, and Shropshire, England.The river used to be sourced from the many rivers and streams running off the mountains surrounding the Vyrnwy valley. However, since the Lake Vyrnwy dam was built in the 1880s, the river has flowed...

. The River Banwy has a confluence
Confluence
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 with the Vyrnwy approximately two miles to the west of the village.

It is noted as the royal burial ground of many of the kings and princes of the Welsh Powys at various sites around the village. At the village centre is the parish church
Parish church
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 of St Tysilio
Tysilio
Saint Tysilio was a Welsh bishop, prince and scholar, son of the reigning King of Powys, Brochwel Ysgithrog, maternal nephew of the great Abbot Dunod of Bangor Iscoed and an ecclesiastic who took a prominent part in the affairs of Wales during the distressful period at the opening of the 7th...

 and St. Mary which occupies a very large site. In addition, in common with many Welsh villages, there are a number of Nonconformist chapel
Chapel
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s with the village and its catchment area. The village has one pub, the King's Head and a convenience store
Convenience store
A convenience store, corner store, corner shop, commonly called a bodega in Spanish-speaking areas of the United States, is a small store or shop in a built up area that stocks a range of everyday items such as groceries, toiletries, alcoholic and soft drinks, and may also offer money order and...

 (with a post office
Post office
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),. In 2006, local rugby union
Rugby union
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 team C.O.B.R.A built a new rugby clubhouse and two pitches. The club house has two bars and a balcony. The village football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 team plays in the amateur division.

The village also has a primary school, Ysgol Meifod
Ysgol Meifod
Ysgol Meifod is a British State school for children aged 4 to 11.It is located in Meifod, Powys in Mid-Wales.- Overview :Ysgol Meifod is a rural community school situated in the centre of the village in the beautiful Meifod Valley. The school, which is in excellent condition, has three classrooms...

 (formerly Meifod County Primary (or CP) School) and a modern village hall
Village hall
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 located next door which provides facilities for a wide variety of clubs and societies.

Dyffryn Hall, a Georgian period manor house
Manor house
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, is situated to the west of the village and was home to Clement Davies
Clement Davies
Clement Edward Davies KC, MP was a Welsh politician and leader of the Liberal Party from 1945 to 1956.-Life:...

, the Montgomeryshire
Montgomeryshire
Montgomeryshire, also known as Maldwyn is one of thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. Montgomeryshire is still used as a vice-county for wildlife recording...

 MP and leader of the post-war Liberal Party between 1945 and 1956.

Demographics

57% of the population of Meifod were born in England, however this might not be evidence alone for large scale immigration from England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. It may only show the preference of local parents to use larger hospitals more conveniently situated in nearby Shropshire
Shropshire
Shropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...

 for giving birth.

Welsh language

The United Kingdom Census 2001
United Kingdom Census 2001
A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....

 revealed that some 38% of the population
Population
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 over 3 years old have some knowledge of the Welsh language
Welsh language
Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...

 with almost 20% able to speak, read and write in Welsh.
The Meifod valley hosted the National Eisteddfod in 2003.

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