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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country                     = Wales
| official_name               = Bronaber
| welsh_name                  =
| coordinates                 = {{coord|52.869|-3.914|display=inline,title}}
| static_image_name           = Bronaber Village - geograph.org.uk - 88865.jpg
| static_image_caption        = Bronaber
| population                  =
| population_ref              =
| community_wales             = [[Trawsfynydd]]
| unitary_wales               = [[Gwynedd]]
| lieutenancy_wales           =
| constituency_welsh_assembly = [[Dwyfor Meirionnydd (Assembly constituency)|Dwyfor Meirionnydd]]
| constituency_westminster    = [[Dwyfor Meirionnydd (UK Parliament constituency)|Dwyfor Meirionnydd]]
| post_town                   = BLAENAU FFESTINIOG
| postcode_district           = LL41
| postcode_area               = LL
| dial_code                   = 01766
| os_grid_reference           = SH711319
| cardiff_distance            =
}}
'''Bronaber''' is a village in [[Gwynedd]], Wales, adjacent to the [[A470]] north of [[Dolgellau]] and in [[Trawsfynydd]] community.
==General information==
During the [[Second World War]], the [[War Office]] used a site near Bronaber up in the Ranges for training exercises.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Site of Bronaber army and PoW camp, Trawsfynydd - History Points |url=https://historypoints.org/index.php?page=site-of-army-and-pow-camp-trawsfynydd |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=historypoints.org}}</ref> There is a part of a river named after the training area called '[[Llyn Soldiers]]' which means 'Soldiers Lake'  Its continued use for training exercises following the war was the subject of protest by [[Plaid Cymru]], which also challenged the [[UK government|UK government's]] continued military conscription in peace time. Other locations in Wales used for training exercises included [[Preseli Hills]] and [[Tregaron]].
The village has a high proportion of Welsh language speakers (96.9%), and is accordingly in the top five Welsh communities in [[Gwynedd]].
==Attractions==
In Bronaber there is a [[holiday village]] used by [[tourist]]s every year to stay in [[Snowdonia]], there are approximately 200 lodges in Bronaber and most of them occupied every year until November.  Also in Bronaber there is a shop, a bar, a [[chapel]], a [[launderette]], a [[letter box]] and a [[phone booth]]. There was a restaurant called the Rhiw Goch until recently when it was burnt down.
There is also a lake in Bronaber called [[Llyn Llygain]] which is also referred as Llyn Pikes, this is because there were [[Esox|pikes]] in the lake that people used to fish, but several believe that most of them have gone.
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