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{{Short description|Village and community in Anglesey, Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| type = Village and [[Community (Wales)|community]]
| country = Wales
| static_image_name = Eglwys Sant St Cawrdaf Church (misspelt as St Cawdraf), Llangoed, Ynys Môn, Cymru, North Wales 01.JPG
| static_image_caption = Village and St Cawrdaf's Church
| coordinates = {{coord|53.293|N|4.088|W|region:GB_type:city|display=title}}
| unitary_wales = [[Isle of Anglesey]]
| module= [[File:Wales Anglesey Community Llangoed map.svg|240px]]<br />Map of the community
}}

'''Llangoed''' ({{pronunciation|Llangoed.ogg|Welsh pronunciation|help=no}}) is a small village, [[community (Wales)|community]] and [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral ward]] just north of [[Beaumaris, Anglesey|Beaumaris]], on the [[Isle of Anglesey]] ({{langx|cy|Ynys Môn}}), at {{gbmapping|SH609793}}. The [[Royal Mail]] [[postcode]] begins LL58. Llangoed ward has a population of 1,275 (2001), falling at the 2011 census to 1,229.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125911&c=Llangoed&d=16&e=62&g=6488799&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1432115766944&enc=1|title=Community/Ward population 2011|access-date=20 May 2015}}</ref>

The village's [[Welsh placenames|placename]] means the 'religious enclosure in the wood' in the [[Welsh language]].
[[File:Eglwys Sant St Cawrdaf Church (misspelt as St Cawdraf), Llangoed, Ynys Môn, Cymru, North Wales 05.jpg|thumb|280px|left|St Cawrdaf's Church]]

Llangoed is on the banks of a brook called the [[Afon Lleiniog]], which flows from the hamlet of Glanrafon to the sea,  beneath the ruins of an 11th-century [[motte-and-bailey]] [[castle]], [[Castell Aberlleiniog]].

The 17th-century parish church of [[St Cawrdaf]], [[Victorian restoration|restored]] in the 19th century, is in the north of the village, near a [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] school and chapel.

The modern centre of the village is a steep hill lined by cottages, a post office, grocery store and chapel. To the south of the village is a primary school, Ysgol Gynradd Llangoed, and small housing estates. Sports fields are the location of an annual [[Rugby sevens]] competition. Undulating green farmland surrounds the village, with fine views to the [[Menai Strait]], the [[Irish Sea]] and the mountains of [[Snowdonia]] (in Welsh, ''[[Eryri]]'').

The community also includes the villages of [[Glan-yr-afon, Llangoed|Glan-yr-afon]], [[Caim, Penmon|Caim]], and [[Penmon]].

== Notable people ==
* Edith Ellen Henrietta Massey (1863–1946) and Gwenddolen Elizabeth Evileen Massey (1864–1960), known as the [[Massey Sisters]], were two Welsh artists and botanists who created a unique record of the plant life of Anglesey in the late 19th and early 20th century; they lived at Cornelyn Manor, near Llangoed.
* [[John L. Williams (Welsh nationalist)|John L. Williams]] (1924–2004), a Welsh nationalist activist was born in Llangoed

==References==
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{{Commons category|Llangoed, Anglesey|Llangoed}}

==External links==
*[https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=3568680 photos of Llangoed and surrounding area on geograph]

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