Llanelltyd is a small village and

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 ...

Gwynedd Gwynedd () is a county in the north-west of Wales. It borders Anglesey across the Menai Strait to the north, Conwy, Denbighshire, and Powys to the east, Ceredigion over the Dyfi estuary to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. The ci ...

, to the northwest of Dolgellau. The community population taken at the 2011 census was 514, 57.4% of which speak Welsh. It is home to the 12th-century Cymer Abbey, a grade I listed building. St Illtyd's church, one of the oldest

parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the Church (building), church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in com ...

es in Wales, is a grade II* listed building. The small settlement of Bontddu is in the community. The village itself has a population of around 300.

Notable people born in Llanelltyd

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