Culture
- Anglesey has the second highest percentage of native Welsh language speakers in Wales (70% of the population).
- Anglesey hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1957, 1983, and 1999.
- Anglesey/Ynys Môn is a member island of the International Island Games Association. In the 2009 Games held on the Åland Islands (Finland) Anglesey/Ynys Môn came joint 17th (with Western Isles) with 1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals. In the 2007 Island Games on Rhodes (Greece) Anglesey/Ynys Môn came 15th on the medal table with 3 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medals. In the 2005 Games on the Shetland Islands, Anglesey/Ynys Môn came 11th on the medal table with 4 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals. and the 2011 Games were held on the Isle of Wight. The Isle of Anglesey/Ynys Môn Island Games Association plan to make a bid to host the 2015 Island Games.
- The Anglesey County Show is held each year in summer on the site of Mona Airfield, close to RAF Valley, in which farmers from around the country compete in livestock rearing contests including sheep and cattle.
- Anglesey has featured in the Channel 4 television archaeology series, Time Team (series 14) - programme transmission date 4 February 2007.
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