Duhonw is a rural

community A community is a social unit (a group of people) with a shared socially-significant characteristic, such as place, set of norms, culture, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given g ...

Powys Powys ( , ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county and Preserved counties of Wales, preserved county in Wales. It borders Gwynedd, Denbighshire, and Wrexham County Borough, Wrexham to the north; the English Ceremonial counties of England, ceremo ...

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, to the south of

Builth Wells Builth Wells (; ) is a market town and community in the county of Powys and historic county of Brecknockshire (Breconshire), mid Wales, lying at the confluence of rivers Wye and Irfon, in the Welsh (or upper) part of the Wye Valley. In 20 ...

(), in the historic county of

Breconshire Brecknockshire ( or ), also known as the County of Brecknock, Breconshire, or the County of Brecon, was one of the thirteen counties of Wales that existed from 1536 until their abolishment in 1974. It was created in 1536 under the Laws in Wales ...

. Covering an area of and including scattered farms and dwellings, it is bordered to the north by the

Afon Irfon Afon Irfon (the River Irfon) is a river in Powys, Wales. It flows from the upper slopes of Bryn Garw in the Cambrian Mountains, through the Abergwesyn Valley, past the Nant Irfon National Nature Reserve in the hills above the village of Abergw ...

, to the south by

Mynydd Epynt Mynydd Epynt () is an upland region of Mid Wales, within the county of Powys. It is bounded on the south by the upper stretch of the Usk Valley, on the north by the Irfon Valley, and on the east by the Wye Valley. Its western boundary is less ...

and Banc y Celyn, at , and to the east by the rivers Duhonw and Wye ().

Llangammarch Wells Llangammarch Wells, or simply Llangammarch ( ), is a village and Community (Wales), community in Powys, Wales, lying on the Afon Irfon, and in the historic county of Brecknockshire (Breconshire). It is the smallest of the four spa town, spa vil ...

() lies to the west. According to the 2011 census, the population was 294, a 2% decrease from the 300 people recorded in

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

. The 2011 census showed that 14.6% of the population could speak

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, of or about Wales * Welsh language, spoken in Wales * Welsh people, an ethnic group native to Wales Places * Welsh, Arkansas, U.S. * Welsh, Louisiana, U.S. * Welsh, Ohio, U.S. * Welsh Basin, during t ...

, an increase from 9.2% in 2001. Duhonw Community Council was created following a 1985 review by the

Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales The Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru () is a Welsh Government sponsored body, responsible for defining local government boundaries and Senedd constituency boundaries in Wales, also known as . The Commission was established originally as t ...

, amalgamating the four small communities of Llanddewi'r Cwm, Llangynog, Llanynis and Maesmynis. Duhonw is part of the

Sennybridge Training Area The Sennybridge Training Area (SENTA) is a UK Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Ministry of Defence military training area near the village of Sennybridge in Powys, Wales. It consists of approximately of Ministry of Defence freehold land a ...

, and is listed as a

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