Brecon
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thumb|280px|Front page of the earliest surviving copy on The Brecon County Times, 5 May 1866
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.welsh_name
- Aberhonddu
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Brecon and Radnorshire
- UK place.static_image_name
- Brecon, River Usk - geograph.org.uk - 1983133.jpg
- UK place.official_name
- Brecon
- UK place.community_wales
- Brecon
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Powys
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- Powys
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe
- UK place.post_town
- BRECON
- UK place.postcode_district
- LD3
- UK place.postcode_area
- LD
- UK place.dial_code
- 01874
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SO045285
- UK place.population
- 8,250
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- market town
- Official name
- Aberhonddu
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 7901
- Body of water
- River Honddu
- Capital of
- Brecknockshire
- Image
- Brecon, River Usk - geograph.org.uk - 1983133.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01874
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- twinned administrative body
- Gouesnou
- Commons category
- Brecon
- located in protected area
- Bannau Brycheiniog National Park
- topic's main category
- Category:Brecon
- category for people born here
- Q18664304
- OS grid reference
- SO045285
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Brecon
- native label
- Aberhonddu
- historic county
- Brecknockshire
- different from
- Brecon
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- Ketzerbachtal
Sources (6)
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Encyclopedic overview
28 sectionsContents
- History
- Early history
- Norman control
- Town walls
- Priory and cathedral
- St Mary's Church
- St David's Church, Llanfaes
- Plough Lane Chapel, Lion Street
- St Michael's Church
- Military town
- Geography
- Governance
- Controversy
- Administrative history
- Education
- Transport
- Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
- Usk bridge
- Former railways
- Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway
- Culture
- Points of interest
- Notable people
- Sport
- Town twinning
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|280px|Front page of the earliest surviving copy on The Brecon County Times, 5 May 1866
Brecon (; ; ), archaically known as Brecknock, is a market town in Powys, mid Wales. In 1841, it had a population of 5,701. The population in 2001 was 7,901, increasing to 8,250 at the 2011 census. Historically it was the county town of Brecknockshire (Breconshire); although its role as such was eclipsed with the formation of the County of Powys, it remains an important local centre. Brecon is the third-largest town in Powys, after Newtown and Ystradgynlais. It lies north of the Brecon Beacons mountain range, but is just within the Brecon Beacons National Park.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brecon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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