Editing Brecon (section)

{{Short description|Town in Powys, Mid Wales}}
{{for|the small suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio|Brecon, Ohio}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2016}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country                     = Wales
| welsh_name                  = Aberhonddu
| constituency_welsh_assembly = [[Brecon and Radnorshire (Senedd constituency)|Brecon and Radnorshire]]
| static_image_name           = Brecon, River Usk - geograph.org.uk - 1983133.jpg
| static_image_caption        = 
| map_type                    =
| official_name               = Brecon
| coordinates                 = {{coord|51.948|-3.391|display=inline,title}}
| community_wales             = Brecon<ref>{{cite web |title=Brecon Town Council |url=https://brecontowncouncil.org.uk/ |website=Brecon Town Council |access-date=23 July 2021}}</ref>
| unitary_wales               = [[Powys]]
| lieutenancy_wales           = [[Powys]]
| constituency_westminster    = [[Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe (UK Parliament constituency)|Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe]]
| post_town                   = BRECON
| postcode_district           = LD3
| postcode_area               = LD
| dial_code                   = 01874
| os_grid_reference           = SO045285
| population                  = 8,250
| population_ref              = (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11121126&c=brecon+community&d=16&e=62&g=6491238&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1447518271693&enc=1|title=Town population 2011|access-date=14 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117040518/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11121126&c=brecon+community&d=16&e=62&g=6491238&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1447518271693&enc=1|archive-date=17 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
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| framestyle=border:none;text-align:center; padding:0; |title=Community map
|1=[[File:Wales Powys Community Brecon map.svg|240px]]<br />Map of the community
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[[File:The Brecon County Times May 5 1866.jpg|thumb|280px|Front page of the earliest surviving copy on ''[[The Brecon County Times]]'', 5 May 1866]]

'''Brecon''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|r|ɛ|k|ən}};<ref>{{Cite Collins Dictionary|Brecon|access-date=2024-01-15}}</ref> {{langx|cy|Aberhonddu}}; {{IPA|cy|ˌabɛrˈhɔnði|pron}}), archaically known as '''Brecknock''', is a [[market town]] in [[Powys]], mid [[Wales]]. In 1841, it had a population of 5,701.<ref>''The National Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge, Vol III'', (1847) London, Charles Knight, p.765.</ref> The population in 2001 was 7,901,<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790565 | publisher = Office for National Statistics | title = Census | year = 2001 | contribution = Parish Headcounts: Powys | access-date = 2009-11-22 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110613032101/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790565 | archive-date = 13 June 2011 | url-status = dead }}.</ref> increasing to 8,250 at the 2011 census. Historically it was the [[county town]] of [[Brecknockshire]] (Breconshire); although its role as such was eclipsed with the formation of the County of Powys, it remains an important local centre. Brecon is the third-largest town in Powys, after [[Newtown, Powys|Newtown]] and [[Ystradgynlais]]. It lies north of the [[Brecon Beacons]] mountain range, but is just within the [[Brecon Beacons National Park]].