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29-545: Llanrug (or Llanfihangel-yn-y-grug) is a medium-sized village and community in Gwynedd , north-west Wales . It lies about 4 miles (6.4 km) to the east of Caernarfon , 7 miles (11 km) south of Bangor and 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of Llanberis . It is the largest populated village in the Arfon area of Gwynedd, Wales. The old name of the village was Llanfihangel-yn-y-grug, derived from Eglwys Sant Mihangel, which
58-592: A college, Coleg Menai (Llangefni site). Llangefni is home to the headquarters of large builders merchant chain Huws Gray . The company currently has over 100 branches across the UK . The local association football club, Llangefni Town , was promoted to the Welsh Premier League at the end of the 2006–07 season, but relegated one season later. The local rugby club is Llangefni RFC , which plays in
87-400: A cycle route along 16 miles (26 km) of the line (the majority of its length), which would also allow the route to be used for a heritage railway. The nearest station is now at Llanfairpwllgwyngyll , 5 miles (8 km) away as the crow flies . There are frequent buses to the larger settlements of Bangor and Holyhead as well as to the smaller towns of Amlwch and Beaumaris . By road
116-406: A fish hatchery just outside the village run by the local Seiont, Gwyrfai and Llyfni fishing associations. The busy A4086 road from Llanberis Pass to Caernarfon runs through the village. It was reported in 2024 that the average speed on 20mph limit roads was 26.6mph. The community includes the villages of Cwm-y-glo , Ceunant , and Pont-rug . The Pontrhythallt area of Llanrug was the site of
145-473: Is 11 °C (52 °F).. The village's snowiest and coldest month of the year is January, with the mean temperature between 1 °C (34 °F) and 5 °C (41 °F). Ground frost can occur from late November into early April. Snow falls from early December into early April. Due to an altitude of 120 metres and close proximity to mountains of Snowdonia , the village normally expects snow to fall on an average of up to 10 days every winter season. During
174-519: Is a Grade II* listed country house located on the old road between Llanrug and Llanberis. The village includes a football club, Llanrug United F.C. , established in 1922. Since the late 1960s the club have hosted their home games in Cae Eithin Duon, situated to the east of the village. It was in Llanrug that many scenes of the popular Welsh comedy programme C'mon Midffild were filmed during
203-664: Is a division of land in Wales that forms the lowest tier of local government in Wales . Welsh communities are analogous to civil parishes in England but, unlike English parishes, communities cover the whole of Wales. There are 878 communities in Wales. Until 1974 Wales was divided into civil parishes . These were abolished by section 20 (6) of the Local Government Act 1972 , and replaced by communities by section 27 of
232-476: Is a relatively large industrial estate , which included a large chicken processing plant, the largest single industrial operation in the town, until March 2023 when it closed with the loss of 700 jobs. Several other smaller businesses remain. The town had a station on the Anglesey Central Railway line which opened in 1864. It closed in 1964, although goods trains continued to pass through
261-527: Is situated about half a mile west of the village. The village has many public footpaths, all of which have views of Snowdonia including the Carneddau , Glyderau and the north-western flank of the Snowdon Massif . The River Seiont , which rises near Llanberis , flows westwards to the north of the village before flowing out to Caernarfon Bay and is a popular angling river. The river includes
290-490: The Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 and the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011 . Llangefni 53°15′22″N 4°18′50″W / 53.256°N 4.314°W / 53.256; -4.314 Llangefni ( Welsh for 'church on the river Cefni'; Welsh pronunciation: [ɬaŋˈɡɛvni] ) is the county town of Anglesey in Wales . At the 2011 census , Llangefni's population
319-549: The WRU leagues. The club recently gained promotion to Division 2 West , but the WRU then decided to demote the club back to Division 4 North Wales league. According to the 2011 Census, Llangefni is the community with the highest percentage of Welsh speakers on the Isle of Anglesey , and the 6th highest in Wales. 80.7% of residents aged three and over reported being able to speak Welsh in
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#1732802268195348-670: The 1980s and 1990s. Rhun Williams – Rugby Player, raised in Llanrug, currently playing as a full back for the Cardiff Blues Region in the Guinness Pro14. Hugh Rowlands – General Sir Hugh Rowlands VC KCB DL (6 May 1828 – 1 August 1909) was a Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross . Kieffer Moore - Football player for the Welsh national side with a grandfather from Llanrug, making him eligible to play for
377-418: The 2011 Census, as compared to 83.8% reporting being able to do so in the 2001 Census. 91.6% of those born in Wales could speak Welsh. There are two tiers of local government covering Llangefni, at community (town) and county level: Llangefni Town Council and Isle of Anglesey County Council . The town council is based at the former courthouse on Glanhwfa Road. Llangefni was an ancient parish . In 1890
406-440: The 2011 census was 1,916 only. The village has two pubs and a hotel, located to the west, called Seiont Manor. A holiday park is to the south of the village, Brynteg Holiday Park, owned by Park Leisure Group. Bus services to Llanrug are provided by S1 and S3 Gwynfor Coaches service routes. The Company depot is situated in the town of Llangefni , Anglesey. The church of St Michael is a Grade II* listed building. Bryn Bras Castle
435-479: The Crown . In Wales, all town councils are community councils. There are now three communities with city status: Bangor , St Asaph and St Davids . The chair of a town council or city council will usually have the title mayor (Welsh: maer ). However, not every community has a council. In communities with populations too small to sustain a full community council, community meetings may be established. The communities in
464-667: The Opposition Andrew RT Davies MS ( C ) Shadow Cabinet ( current ) Prime Minister Rt Hon Keir Starmer MP ( L ) Secretary of State for Wales Rt Hon Jo Stevens MP (L) Principal councils ( leader list ) Corporate Joint Committees Local twinning see also: Regional terms and Regional economy United Kingdom Parliament elections European Parliament elections (1979–2020) Local elections Police and crime commissioner elections Referendums A community ( Welsh : cymuned )
493-772: The community boundaries within their area every fifteen years. The councils propose changes to the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales , which prepares a report and makes recommendations to the Welsh Government . If the Welsh Government accepts the recommendations, then it implements them using a statutory instrument . For example, in 2016 four new communities were created in the City and County of Cardiff . The legislation surrounding community councils in Wales has been amended significantly in
522-636: The disused Pontrhythallt railway station that had its rails finally removed in 1965. The Penbont Inn public house, situated at the stone road bridge that crosses the Afon Rhythallt River, was named the Railway Inn until the railway was closed in the 1960s. Along with the surrounding area of Snowdonia , the village has wetter and slightly cooler weather than lower areas of North-west Wales, this includes nearby areas such as Caernarfon and Anglesey . The annual mean temperature of Llanrug
551-412: The parish was made a local government district , administered by an elected local board. Such local government districts were reconstituted as urban districts under the Local Government Act 1894 . Llangefni Urban District was abolished in 1974, with its area instead becoming a community. District-level functions passed to Ynys Môn-Isle of Anglesey Borough Council , which in 1996 was reconstituted as
580-424: The population could speak, read, write or understand Welsh. According to the latest Estyn report in 2023, 86.8 per cent of pupils in the village primary school were from Welsh-speaking homes. In 2020, 86 per cent of pupils in Llanrug's secondary school came from Welsh-speaking homes. An electoral ward in the same name exists. This does not cover all the area of the community and the resultant population taken at
609-487: The same Act. The principal areas of Wales are divided entirely into communities. Unlike in England, where unparished areas exist, no part of Wales is outside a community, even in urban areas . Most, but not all, communities are administered by community councils , which are equivalent to English parish councils in terms of their powers and the way they operate. Welsh community councils may call themselves town councils unilaterally and may have city status granted by
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#1732802268195638-476: The school in 2023. The school serves Llanrug and other surrounding villages including Llanberis , Penisarwaun , Waunfawr , Deiniolen and Bethel . According to the United Kingdom Census 2021 , 86.0 per cent of all usual residents aged 3+ in Llanrug can speak Welsh, making it the area that had the second highest percentage of Welsh speakers in Wales. The Census also noted that 93.6 per cent of
667-442: The summer, June and July are typically the warmest months with average temperatures ranging from 16 °C (68 °F) to 21 °C (72 °F). There is a primary school for pupils aged between 4 and 11 situated in the village called Ysgol Gynradd Llanrug. 253 pupils were enrolled at the school in 2023. There is also a secondary school for pupils aged between 11 and 18 called Ysgol Brynrefail . There were 805 pupils enrolled at
696-588: The team. Nellie Evans Packard – Llanrug-born American singer, the daughter of Thomas Evans. Community (Wales) Heir Apparent William, Prince of Wales First Minister ( list ) Rt Hon Eluned Morgan MS ( L ) Deputy First Minister Huw Irranca-Davies MS ( L ) Counsel General-designate – Elisabeth Jones Chief Whip and Trefnydd – Jane Hutt MS (L) Permanent Secretary Sixth Senedd Llywydd (Presiding Officer) Elin Jones MS ( PC ) Leader of
725-618: The town is just 2 kilometres from the major A55 and A5 roads, via the short A5114 . Water for the town comes from Llyn Cefni , a reservoir 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the northwest. Llangefni hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1957 and 1983, and in 1999 gave its name to the Eisteddfod held at the nearby village of Llanbedrgoch . It also hosted the Urdd Eisteddfod (youth Eisteddfod) in 2004. The town also has
754-415: The town until 1993. Since then, there have been proposals to convert the line into a multi-purpose path at a cost estimated at £10 million pounds. Although no longer usable, the railway tracks have not been removed. The route remains under the control of Network Rail, leased to Anglesey Central Railway (2006) Ltd, which hopes to raise some £150 million to reinstate a working railway. Hybrid plans also exist for
783-551: The urban areas of the cities of Cardiff , Swansea and Newport do not have community councils. As of the 2001 United Kingdom census , there were 869 communities in Wales. 84 percent, or more than 730, have a council. They vary in size from Rhayader with an area of 13,945 hectares (34,460 acres) to Cefn Fforest with an area of 64 hectares (160 acres). They ranged in population from Barry with 45,053 recorded inhabitants to Baglan Bay with no permanent residents. The twenty-two principal area councils are required to review
812-521: 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". Llangefni is a commercial and farming town in Anglesey and once hosted the largest cattle market on the island. There
841-597: 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 . 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
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