Llangefni
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.static_image_name
- Llangefni clock tower.jpeg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Llangefni clock tower
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Ynys Môn
- UK place.population
- 5116
- UK place.population_ref
- 2011 Census
- UK place.official_name
- Llangefni
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Anglesey
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- Gwynedd
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Ynys Môn
- UK place.post_town
- Llangefni
- UK place.postcode_district
- LL77
- UK place.postcode_area
- LL
- UK place.dial_code
- 01248
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SH4675
- UK place.module
- 240pxMap of the community
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
9 sectionsContents
- Location
- Commerce, transport and education
- Sport
- Welsh language skills
- Governance
- Administrative history
- Notable people
- References
- External links
) is the county town of Anglesey in Wales. At the 2011 census, Llangefni's population was 5,116, making it the second-largest town in the county and the largest on the island. The community includes the village of Rhosmeirch. In 2022, population was 7,039 people.
==Location== The town is near the centre of Anglesey, and is on the River Cefni, after which it is named. Its attractions include the Oriel Ynys Môn museum, which details the history of Anglesey and houses collections of the painters Kyffin Williams and Charles Tunnicliffe. In the west of the town is a large secondary school, Ysgol Gyfun Llangefni (Llangefni Comprehensive School), and in the north a Victorian parish church, St Cyngar's, set in a wooded riverside location called the Dingle. The town was formerly named Llangyngar, Welsh for "St Cyngar's church".