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Hay-on-Wye
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 A second-hand bookshop | |
  Hay-on-Wye Location within Powys | |
| Population | 1,598 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SO225425 |
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| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HEREFORD |
| Postcode district | HR3 |
| Dialling code | 01497 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Hay-on-Wye (Welsh: Y Gelli Gandryll; Welsh pronunciation: [ə ˈɡɛɬi ˈgandrɪɬ]), known locally as Hay (Welsh: Y Gelli), is a market town and community in Powys, Wales, in the historic county of Brecknockshire. With over twenty bookshops, it is often described as a "town of books"; it is both the National Book Town of Wales and the site of the annual Hay Festival.
The population of the town in 1841 was 1,455;[2] this had grown to 1,680 by 1901. The town has grown little since, with 2018 estimates at 1,900. The built-up area includes Cusop across the border in Herefordshire, England and has a population of around 2,000.[3]
The town is twinned with Redu, a village in the Belgian municipality of Libin, and with Timbuktu, Mali, West Africa.[4]
Hay-on-Wye was named one of the best places to live in Wales in 2017.[5]
- ^ "Ward/Town population 2011". Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ^ The National Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge, Vol III, (1847) London, Charles Knight, p.766.
- ^ "Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics". Nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ Hay-on-Wye is twinned with Timbuktu, BBC News, 7 February 2007, 15:53 GMT, accessed 8 February 2007.
- ^ "These towns have been named as the best places to live in Wales". Walesonline.co.uk. Wales Online. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
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