Machynlleth
Machynlleth, in some cases described informally as Mach, is a market town, area and electoral ward in Powys, Wales and within the historical boundaries of Montgomeryshire (Welsh: Sir Drefaldwyn). It remains in the Dyfi Valley at the intersection of the A487 as well as 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 thus cases to be the "old capital of Wales". However, it has actually never ever held any kind of main acknowledgment as a capital. It obtained city condition in 2000 and 2002, however was not successful. It is twinned with Belleville, Michigan. Machynlleth organized the National Eisteddfod in 1937 as well as 1981.