Troedyraur is a small village, wider rural

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, t ...

and

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Ceredigion Ceredigion ( , , ) is a county in the west of Wales, corresponding to the historic county of Cardiganshire. During the second half of the first millennium Ceredigion was a minor kingdom. It has been administered as a county since 1282. Cer ...

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...

. The community consisting of several small villages, the population as of the

2011 UK Census A census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years. The 2011 census was held in all countries of the UK on 27 March 2011. It was the first UK census which could be completed online via the Internet. The Office for National ...

was 1,310. The village is on a minor road about 3 miles (5 km) to the north of

Newcastle Emlyn Newcastle Emlyn ( cy, Castellnewydd Emlyn) is a town on the River Teifi, straddling the counties of Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire in West Wales. It is also a community entirely within Carmarthenshire, bordered by those of Llangeler and Cenar ...

. Other villages in the Community are Rhydlewis, Ffostrasol,

Brongest Brongest is a small village in the community of Troedyraur, Ceredigion, Wales, which is 68.4 miles (110.1 km) from Cardiff and 188.9 miles (303.9 km) from London. Brongest is represented in the Senedd by Elin Jones (Plaid Cymru) and i ...

, Capel Cynon, Coed-y-bryn, Croes-lan, Penrhiwpâl and

Llangynllo Llangunllo (sometimes Llangynllo) is a village and community in central Powys (formerly in Radnorshire , HQ = Presteigne , Government = Radnorshire County Council (1889–1974) Radnorshire District Council (1974� ...

. The main river flowing through the community is the Afon Ceri, a tributary of the

river Teifi , name_etymology = , image = File:Llyn Teifi - geograph.org.uk - 41773.jpg , image_size = , image_caption = Llyn Teifi, the source of the Teifi , map = , map_size = , map_caption ...

. There is a

hillfort A hillfort is a type of earthwork used as a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. They are typically European and of the Bronze Age or Iron Age. Some were used in the post-Roma ...

, Dinas Cerdin, and the ruined mansion of Bronwydd. Troedyraur is represented at local level by Troed-yr-aur Community Council, which consists of ten community councillors. The ward of Troedyraur also elects one county councillor to

Ceredigion County Council Ceredigion County Council ( cy, Cyngor Sir Ceredigion) is the governing body for the county of Ceredigion, since 1996 one of the unitary authorities of Wales. The council's main offices are in Aberaeron. History The current council was create ...

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