Llangefni
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Llangefni is the county town of Anglesey in Wales and contains the principal offices of the Isle of Anglesey County Council. The United Kingdom Census 2011 recorded Llangefni's population as 5,116 people, making it the second largest settlement on the island.LocationThe 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 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 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".Commerce, Transport and EducationLlangefni is a commercial and farming town in Anglesey and in the past Llangefni hosted the largest cattle market on the island.There is a relatively large industrial estate housing a large chicken processing plant - the largest single industrial operation in the townindustrial estate] and several other small businesses.
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