Editing Llanelli (section)

==Culture and language==
===National Eisteddfod===
Llanelli hosted the [[National Eisteddfod]] six times between 1895 and 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-28605239 |title=National Eisteddfod held in Llanelli for sixth time |date=2 August 2014 |publisher=BBC News}}</ref>

===Welsh language===
In the mid-20th century, Llanelli was the world's largest town in which more than half the inhabitants spoke a [[Celtic language]].<ref>The Welsh Academy Encyclopedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press 2008.</ref> It is ranked as the [[List of urban areas in Wales by population|seventh largest urban area in Wales]]. According to the [[2011 UK Census]] returns, 23.7 per cent of Llanelli town residents habitually spoke [[Welsh language|Welsh]]. However, the area around Llanelli is a Welsh stronghold, in which 56 per cent do so in communities such as [[Llwynhendy]] and [[Burry Port]].

During the 1950s, Trefor and [[Eileen Beasley]] campaigned to get Llanelli Rural Council to distribute tax papers in Welsh by refusing to pay taxes until their demand was met. The council reacted by sending in the bailiffs and selling their furniture to recover the money owed. The Beasleys' neighbours bought the furniture and returned it to them. The council finally reversed its policy in the 1960s, giving Welsh equal status with English.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2012/08/13/tributes-paid-to-welsh-language-activist-eileen-beasley-who-died-age-91-91466-31616229/ |title=Tributes paid to Welsh language activist Eileen Beasley, who died age 91 |publisher=WalesOnline |date=13 August 2012 |access-date=18 April 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117163508/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2012/08/13/tributes-paid-to-welsh-language-activist-eileen-beasley-who-died-age-91-91466-31616229/ |archive-date=17 November 2012}}</ref>