Yscir (or Ysgir) is a

community A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, ...

in the county of

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(the historic county of Brecknockshire) and is 35.3 miles (56.7 km) from

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. Cradoc and Aberyscir are villages within the boundary of this community. Also there are the settlements of

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and Fenni-fach. In 2011 the population of Yscir was 424 with 17.9% of them able to speak Welsh. Aberyscir Round Cairn and two standing stones (Battle and Fennifach Standing Stones) are all Scheduled prehistoric Monuments dating back to the Celtic (pre-Roman) period.

Governance

Yscir is part of the Yscir electoral ward for elections to

Powys County Council Powys County Council ( cy, Cyngor Sir Powys) is the local authority for Powys, one of the administrative areas of Wales. The County Hall is in Llandrindod Wells. History The county of Powys was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Govern ...

. The ward includes the communities of Yscir,

Merthyr Cynog Merthyr Cynog is a hamlet and a community in the modern county of Powys, Wales, in the historic county of Brecknockshire. The population of the community at the 2011 Census was 245. The Welsh name signifies the 'shrine of Cynog'. The grade II* li ...

and Trallong. At the 2011 Census this ward had a population of 1,038. In the 2017 local elections it was the only ward in Wales where no candidates put themselves forward, after the sitting councillor, Gillian Thomas, retired before the election. Six candidates subsequently put themselves forward and a by-election, on the 21 June 2017, was won by the Conservative Party.

Governance

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