Llangefni
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Llangefni, population 17,000, is the county town of Anglesey in Wales and contains the principal offices of Anglesey County Council.
It is the principal commercial and farming town on the island proper - Holyhead being a port town and somewhat separate from the agricultural nature of the rest of the island - and in the past hosted the largest Cattle Market on the Island.
The town lies at the centre of the island on the River Cefni, after which it is named, and is home to the Oriel Ynys Môn museum, detailing the history of Anglesey and housing the legacy collection of 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 church, St Cyngar's, set in a wooded riverside location known as The Dingle. The church provided the former name of the town, Llangyngar.
There is a relatively large industrial estate housing a chemical manufacturer, a slaughterhouse and other small businesses.
Llangefni hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1957, 1983, and 1999.
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