Place:Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomeryshire, Wales

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Llanfair Caereinion is a small town and community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales upon the River Banwy (also known as the River Einion), around 8 miles west of Welshpool.

In 2011 the ward had a population of 1,810; the village itself had a population of 1,055 according to Nomis.

It is one of the smallest towns in the county of Powys, for, even with its rural hinterland, the electorate of the community only places it fourteenth in rank of the county's eighteen towns. Llanfair Caereinion is classified as an area centre in the Powys Unitary Development Plan, for the market town has the largest range of community services and facilities and the greatest capacity to accommodate additional development in its locality. There are also rural settlements within the community at Heniarth and Melin-y-ddol. The remainder of the population lives in scattered farms and dwellings

Its name is a combination of Welsh "church" + "Mary" and "fort" + , a personal name, meaning "the church of Mary [at] the fort of Einion".

The community has routes of local and national importance; the B4389 and A495 are primarily routes of local importance, while the A458 is an important tourism artery to the mid-Wales coast and North Wales.

The town is built upon the site of an old Roman fort.

The site of the Battle of Maes Moydog (1295) is nearby.

In 1758 the town was almost completely wiped out by a major fire.

Llanfair is most famous for being a terminus of the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway.

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