Machynlleth
Machynlleth, sometimes described informally as Mach, is a market town, neighborhood as well as electoral ward in Powys, Wales as well as within the historical boundaries of Montgomeryshire (Welsh: Sir Drefaldwyn). It is in the Dyfi Valley at the crossway of the A487 and also the A489 roads. At the 2001 Census it had a population of 2,147, rising to 2,235 in 2011. Machynlleth was the seat of Owain Glyndwr's Welsh Parliament in 1404, and also because of this cases to be the "old capital of Wales". Nonetheless, it has never held any type of main acknowledgment as a capital. It obtained city standing in 2000 as well as 2002, but was unsuccessful. It is twinned with Belleville, Michigan. Machynlleth held the National Eisteddfod in 1937 and also 1981.