Cemmaes Road
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  Cemmaes Road Location within Powys | |
| Population | 1,185 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SH821044 |
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| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MACHYNLLETH |
| Postcode district | SY20 |
| Dialling code | 01650 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Cemmaes Road (Welsh: Glantwymyn; ) is a village in Powys, Wales. It is in the community (civil parish) of Glantwymyn.
The village was named in English after the now-closed Cemmes Road station on the Newtown and Machynlleth Railway, now part of the Cambrian Line. Cemmes Road was also the junction with the Mawddwy Railway.
The Welsh name for the village, and for the community, is Glantwymyn (English: The Twymyn Riverside), as it lies on the River Twymyn. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001, the population of the community is 1,072, increasing to 1,185 at the 2011 Census.
The village of Cemmaes is 1+3⁄4 miles to the northeast. Cemmaes Road lies at the junction of the major A470 and A489 roads. The historic Mathafarn Hall is less than 1⁄2 mile north-west of Cemmaes Road.
Ysgol Glantwymyn primary school is located in the village.
- ^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 11 November 2015.