Llanafan Fawr

Llanafan Fawr
St Afan's Church in Llanafan Fawr
Llanafan Fawr
Location within Powys
Population470 (2011)
Community
  • Llanafanfawr
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBUILTH WELLS
Postcode districtLD2
Dialling code01982
PoliceDyfed-Powys
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
Websitecommunity council site

Llanafan Fawr is a village, community and ecclesiastical parish in Powys, Wales. Located in the former cantref of Buellt (Builth) and historic county of Brecknockshire, the community includes the former parish of Llanfihangel Bryn Pabuan.

The parish has an area of slightly over 5,000 hectares (12,000 acres) (about twenty square miles) and a scattered rural population of more than a thousand. It is named after Saint Afan and was the centre of Cantref Buallt in ancient times, before the building of Builth Wells about 9 miles (14 km) away. The former spa town of Llandrindod Wells lies about 8 miles (13 km) to the north east.

An electoral ward of the same name exists. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 1,386.