Llansilin

The Oswestry Road through Llansilin

Llansilin (Welsh pronunciation) is a village and local government community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales, 5 miles (8 km) west of Oswestry.[1] The community, which includes Llansilin village, a large rural area and the hamlets of Moelfre and Rhiwlas as well as the remote parish of Llangadwaladr, had a population of 648 at the 2001 census,[2] increasing to 698 at the 2011 Census.[3] There is also an electoral ward including the nearby village of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant with a population of 2,295.

  1. ^ AA Book of British Villages. Drive Publications Limited. 1980. p. 259. ISBN 9780340254875.
  2. ^ Llansilin Community, Office of National Statistics
  3. ^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 12 November 2015.