Editing Machynlleth (section)

{{Short description|Market town in Powys, Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Machynlleth
| static_image_name = Central Machynlleth, June 2016.jpg
| static_image_caption = Machynlleth Clock Tower
| coordinates = {{coord|52.591|-3.849|display=inline,title}}
| population = 2,235
| population_ref = ([[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011]])<ref name=uc2011/>
| os_grid_reference = SH745005
| community_wales = Machynlleth<ref>{{cite web |title=Machynlleth Town Council Website |url=http://www.machynlleth-tc.gov.uk/ |website = Machynlleth Town Council |access-date=18 September 2021}}</ref>
| unitary_wales = [[Powys]]
| lieutenancy_wales = Powys
| country = Wales
| post_town = MACHYNLLETH
| postcode_area = SY
| postcode_district = SY20
| dial_code = 01654
| constituency_westminster = [[Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr (UK Parliament constituency)|Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr]]
| constituency_welsh_assembly = [[Montgomeryshire (Assembly constituency)|Montgomeryshire]]
| type = Market town
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'''Machynlleth''' ({{IPA|cy|maˈχənɬɛθ|pron|Machynlleth.ogg}}) is a [[market town]], [[community (Wales)|community]] and [[electoral ward]] in [[Powys]], [[Wales]] and within the historic boundaries of [[Montgomeryshire]]. It is in the [[River Dyfi|Dyfi Valley]] at the intersection of the [[A487 road|A487]] and the [[A489 road|A489]] roads.  At the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 Census]] it had a population of 2,147,<ref>{{cite web |title=Parish Headcounts: Powys |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 |work=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] |access-date=24 December 2012 }}</ref> rising to 2,235 in 2011.<ref name=uc2011>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/machynlleth-w05000330#sthash.f8wuGy5z.dpbs |title=Machynlleth 2011 |access-date=8 January 2018 }}</ref> It is sometimes referred to [[colloquialism|colloquially]] as ''Mach''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9581124/Machynlleth-the-small-market-town-where-April-Jones-was-abducted.html |title=Machynlleth: the small market town where April Jones was abducted |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=2 October 2012 |access-date=30 April 2013 }}</ref>

Machynlleth was the seat of [[Owain Glyndŵr]]'s Welsh Parliament in 1404,<ref name="autogenerated527">''The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales''. [[John Davies (historian)|John Davies]], [[Nigel Jenkins]], Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) pg527 {{ISBN|978-0-7083-1953-6}}</ref> and as such claims to be the "ancient capital of Wales". However, it has never held any official recognition as a capital. It applied for [[list of cities in the United Kingdom|city status]] in 2000 and 2002, but was unsuccessful. It is [[twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with [[Belleville, Michigan]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 1972 |title=Sister Cities By State And By Countries In Other Nations As Of June, 1972 |url=https://utdr.utoledo.edu/islandora/object/utoledo%3A1628 |publisher=Town Affiliation Association of the United States |via=[[University of Toledo]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Owens |first=David |date=2021-08-15 |title=How the birthplace of techno came to be twinned with a Welsh market town |url=https://nation.cymru/culture/how-the-birthplace-of-techno-came-to-be-twinned-with-a-welsh-market-town/ |access-date=2024-02-28 |work=[[Nation.Cymru]]}}</ref>

Machynlleth hosted the [[National Eisteddfod of Wales|National Eisteddfod]] in 1937 and 1981.