Country: | Wales |
Static Image Name: | Llanfihangel-y-Pennant Church.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | St Michael's Church |
Constituency Welsh Assembly: | Dwyfor Meirionnydd |
Constituency Westminster: | Dwyfor Meirionnydd |
Coordinates: | 52.661°N -3.965°W |
Official Name: | Llanfihangel-y-Pennant |
Area Total Km2: | 77.5 |
Population: | 339 |
Population Ref: | (2011) |
Unitary Wales: | Gwynedd |
Community Wales: | Llanfihangel-y-Pennant |
Lieutenancy Wales: | Gwynedd |
Post Town: | TYWYN |
Postcode District: | LL36 |
Postcode Area: | LL |
Dial Code: | 01654 |
Os Grid Reference: | SH671088 |
Llanfihangel-y-Pennant is a hamlet and wider, very sparsely populated community (which includes Abergynolwyn and Tal-y-llyn) in the Meirionnydd area of Gwynedd in Wales. It is located in the foothills of Cadair Idris, and has a population of 402,[1] reducing to 339 at the 2011 Census.[2]
Nearby is the ruined castle of Castell y Bere, a stronghold of the Welsh princes of Gwynedd in the 13th century.
In 1800, Mary Jones walked barefoot from the village to Bala to buy a Welsh Bible.[3] This led to the formation of the British and Foreign Bible Society.[4] Mary Jones World, a heritage centre about her life is located near Bala.