Administrative areas in the ecodyfi project area

• County Councils:

  • Ceredigion County Council

  • Powys County Council

  • Gwynedd County Council

• Town and Community Councils:

  • Pennal

  • Corris

  • Mawddwy

  • Llanbrynmair

  • Glantwymyn

  • Cadfarch

  • Machynlleth

  • Ysgubor y Coed

  • Ceulanamaesmawr

  • Llangynfelin

  • Borth

  • Geneu'r Glyn

The area (of some 600 km2) has 4,600 households, containing 11,350 residents (1991 census data). Machynlleth, with a population of just over 2,000, is the main town and service centre. Residents of the Mawddwy area, round the headwaters of the Dyfi in the north-east of the valley, tend to use Dolgellau as well. Borth, Llandre and Talybont are influenced by the university town of Aberystwyth to the south.