Editing Abergavenny (section)

==Welsh language==
In recent decades, the number of Welsh speakers in the town has increased dramatically. The 2001 census recorded that 10% of the local population spoke the language, a five-fold increase over ten years from the figure of 2% recorded in 1991.<ref name="Welsh Language Board">{{cite web|url=http://www.byig-wlb.org.uk/english/news/pages/abergavennywelshspeakerseagertopromotelanguage.aspx |archive-url=https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20081121163021/http://www.byig-wlb.org.uk/english/news/pages/abergavennywelshspeakerseagertopromotelanguage.aspx |url-status = dead|archive-date=2008-11-21 |title=Abergavenny Welsh speakers eager to promote language }}</ref> The town has one of the two Welsh-medium primary schools in Monmouthshire, Ysgol Gymraeg y Fenni,<ref name="Ysgol Gymraeg y Fenni">{{cite web|title=Ysgol Gymraeg y Fenni|website=ysgolgymraegyfenni.co.uk | url=http://www.ysgolgymraegyfenni.co.uk/|access-date=2 March 2016}}</ref> which was founded in the early 1990s. It is also home to the Abergavenny Welsh society, Cymreigyddion y Fenni,<ref name="Cymreigyddion y Fenni">{{cite web|title=Cymreigyddion y Fenni | url=http://www.cymreigyddion.org.uk/|access-date= 2 March 2016}}</ref> and the local Abergavenny Eisteddfod.<ref name="Abergavenny Eisteddfod">{{cite web| title=Abergavenny Eisteddfod| url=http://www.abergavennyeisteddfod.co.uk/english/index.php| access-date=2 March 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722205635/http://abergavennyeisteddfod.co.uk/english/index.php| archive-date=22 July 2013|url-status = dead}}</ref>