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, tow ...

in the county of

Powys Powys (; ) is a Local government in Wales#Principal areas, county and Preserved counties of Wales, preserved county in Wales. It is named after the Kingdom of Powys which was a Welsh succession of states, successor state, petty kingdom and princi ...

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(the historic county of

Brecknockshire , image_flag= , HQ= Brecon , Government= Brecknockshire County Council (1889-1974) , Origin= Brycheiniog , Status= , Start= 1535 , End= ...

) and is 35.3 miles (56.7 km) from

Cardiff Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...

. Cradoc and

Aberyscir Aberyscir ( cy, Aberysgir) is a village in the community of Yscir, Powys, Wales, which is west of Brecon, from Cardiff and from London. References See also *List of localities in Wales by population The following is a list of built-up are ...

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

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. Aberyscir Round Cairn and two standing stones (Battle and Fennifach Standing Stones) are all Scheduled prehistoric Monuments dating back to the

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(pre-Roman) period.

Governance

Yscir is part of the

Yscir Yscir (or Ysgir) is a community in the county of Powys, Wales (the historic county of Brecknockshire) and is 35.3 miles (56.7 km) from Cardiff. Cradoc and Aberyscir are villages within the boundary of this community. Also there are the ...

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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 Governme ...

. 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 Trallong ( cy, Y Trallwng) is a village and community in Powys, Wales, in the historic county of Brecknockshire. Description The community of Trallong is made up of the villages of Trallong, the hamlets of Soar, Aberbran and Llanfihangel Nant ...

. 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

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