Powys

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**Powys principal area**
Image:WalesPowys.png
Geography
Area - Total - % Water	Ranked 1st 5,196 km² ? %
Admin HQ	Llandrindod Wells
ISO 3166-2	GB-POW
ONS code	00NN
Demographics
Population: - Total (2004 est.) - Density	Ranked 9th 130,700 Ranked 22nd 25 / km²
Ethnicity	99.3% White
Welsh language - Any skills	Ranked 7th 30.1%
Politics
Image:Powys-coa.png Powys Council http://www.powys.gov.uk/
Control	Independent
MPs	Martyn Jones Lembit Öpik Roger Williams
AMs	Karen Sinclair Mick Bates Kirsty Williams (Constituency) North Wales (Part) Mid and West Wales (Part) (Regional)
MEPs	Wales

This article is about the administrative county of Wales. For the ancient kingdom, see Kingdom of Powys. Powys may also refer to the preserved county of Wales.

Powys is a local government principal area and a preserved county in Wales. It has an area of 5196 km², and covers the traditional counties of Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire and most of Brecknockshire.

It was created on April 1, 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, and originally had Montgomery and Radnor and Brecknock as districts under it. On April 1, 1996, the districts were abolished, it became a unitary authority, with a minor border adjustment in the north-east (specifically the addition of the communities of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, Llansilin and Llangedwyn from Glyndwr district in Clwyd).

This area is named after the older Welsh Kingdom of Powys, which occupied the northern two thirds of the area, and came to an end when it was occupied by Llywelyn ap Gruffydd of Gwynedd during the 1260s.

See the list of places in Powys for all towns and villages in Powys.

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