Editing Laugharne (section)

{{Short description|Town in Carmarthenshire, Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = Wales
| welsh_name = Talacharn
| constituency_welsh_assembly = 
| official_name = Laugharne
| static_image_name = Laugharne from the castle (5842).jpg
| static_image_caption = Laugharne from the castle
| coordinates = {{coord|51.7694|-4.4631|display=inline,title}}
| community_wales = [[Laugharne Township]]
| unitary_wales = [[Carmarthenshire]]
| lieutenancy_wales = [[Dyfed]]
| constituency_westminster = [[Caerfyrddin (UK Parliament constituency)|Caerfyrddin]]
| post_town = CARMARTHEN
| postcode_district = SA33
| postcode_area = SA
| dial_code = 01994
| os_grid_reference = SN301109
| population = 1,222
| module= [[File:Wales Carmarthenshire Community Laugharne Township map.svg|240px]]<br />Map of the Laugharne Township community
}}
'''Laugharne ''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|ɑr|n}} ({{langx|cy|Talacharn}}) is a town on the south coast of [[Carmarthenshire]], [[Wales]], lying on the [[estuary]] of the [[River Tâf]].

The [[Ancient borough#Charters|ancient borough]] of Laugharne Township ({{langx|cy|Treflan Lacharn}}) with its [[#Laugharne Corporation|Corporation]] and Charter<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.laugharnecorporation.co.uk/2010/10/when-why-and-by-whom-was-laugharne.html|title=History of Laugharne Charter|publisher=Laugharne Corporation 2010}}</ref> is a unique survival in Wales. In a predominantly English-speaking area, just on the [[Landsker Line]], the [[Community (Wales)|community]] is bordered by those of [[Llanddowror]], [[St Clears]], [[Llangynog, Carmarthenshire|Llangynog]] and [[Llansteffan]]. It had a population at the [[United Kingdom Census 2021|2021 census]] of 1,100.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/wales/admin/carmarthenshire/W04000507__laugharne_township/|title=Carmarthenshire County Council|access-date=18 Feb 2024}}</ref> 

[[Laugharne Township (electoral ward)|Laugharne Township]] [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral ward]] also includes the communities of [[Eglwyscummin]], [[Pendine]] and Llanddowror.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/media/1212796/laugharne-ward.pdf|title=Carmarthenshire County Council: Policy, Research and Information Section|access-date=18 June 2020}}</ref>

[[Dylan Thomas]], who lived in Laugharne from 1949 until his death in 1953, famously described it as a "timeless, mild, beguiling island of a town".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.undermilkwood.net/prose_laugharne.html|title=Dylan Thomas on Laugharne|date=2015|website=Dylan Thomas The Official Website|publisher=The City and County of Swansea|access-date=June 11, 2020}}</ref> It is generally accepted as the inspiration for the fictional town of [[Llareggub]] in ''[[Under Milk Wood]]''. Thomas confirmed on two occasions that his play was based on Laugharne<ref>Letters to [[John Ormond]] March 6, 1948 and [[Marguerite Caetani|Princess Caetani]].{{cite web|url=https://www.discoverdylanthomas.com/milk-wood-llareggub-explained-dylans-words|title=Under Milk Wood and Llareggub Explained Through Dylan's Words October 1951|date=2015|access-date=August 12, 2020|website=www.discoverdylanthomas.com}}</ref>  although topographically it is also similar to [[New Quay]] where he briefly lived.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dylanthomas.com/dylan/dylans-work/milk-wood-chronology/|title=Under Milk Wood – A Chronology|publisher=The City and County of Swansea|access-date=March 22, 2016}}</ref>