Editing Cornwall (section)

===Cornish national identity===
{{Further|Cornish nationalism}}
[[File:Cornish National Identity 2011 Census.png|thumb|The percentage of respondents who gave "Cornish" as an answer to the National Identity question in the 2011 census]] Cornwall is recognised by Cornish and Celtic political groups as one of six Celtic nations, alongside [[Brittany]], Ireland, the [[Isle of Man]], Scotland and Wales.<ref name="Teverson">{{cite web |title=Lords Hansard Text for 25 Jan 2011 (pt002) |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201011/ldhansrd/text/110125-0002.htm#11012574000133 |access-date=8 February 2011 |publisher=[[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] |date=25 January 2011 |quote=Cornwall sees itself as the fourth Celtic nation of the United Kingdom; [[Robin Teverson, Baron Teverson|Lord Teverson]] |work=[[Hansard]] |archive-date=21 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111121214151/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201011/ldhansrd/text/110125-0002.htm#11012574000133 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Mebyon Kernow 1">{{cite web |title=Mebyon Kernow – The Party for Cornwall – BETA |url=http://www.mebyonkernow.org/?q=policies_historic_celtic_nation |access-date=8 February 2011 |publisher=[[Mebyon Kernow]] |year=2007 |work=[[Mebyon Kernow]] website |archive-date=28 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928063542/https://www.mebyonkernow.org/?q=policies_historic_celtic_nation |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="League 1">{{cite web |title=The Celtic League |url=http://www.celticleague.net/ |access-date=8 February 2011 |publisher=[[Celtic League (political organisation)|Celtic League]] |year=2011 |work=[[Celtic League (political organisation)|Celtic League]] website |archive-date=21 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421234455/https://www.celticleague.net/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Celtic Congress 1">{{cite web |url=http://www.celtic-congress.org/cc-home-en.html |title=The International Celtic Congress |publisher=[[Celtic Congress|International Celtic Congress]] |year=2009 |access-date=16 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725152111/http://www.celtic-congress.org/cc-home-en.html |archive-date=25 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> (The [[Isle of Man Government]] and the [[Welsh Government]] also recognise [[Asturias]] and [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]].<ref name="Welsh Government 1">{{cite web|title=Welsh Government: Minister in Paris for launch of Celtic festival |url=http://wales.gov.uk/newsroom/localgovernment/2002/4038001/?lang=en |date=14 March 2002 |publisher=[[Welsh Government]] |access-date=8 February 2011 |work=[[Welsh Government]] website |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310213206/https://wales.gov.uk/newsroom/localgovernment/2002/4038001/?lang=en |archive-date=10 March 2012 }}</ref><ref name="Vannin 1">{{cite web |title=Isle of Man Post Office Website |url=http://www.gov.im/post/stamps/FutureIssue.aspx?categoryid=164 |access-date=8 February 2011 |publisher=[[Isle of Man Government]] |year=2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100802020158/http://www.gov.im/post/stamps/FutureIssue.aspx?categoryid=164 |archive-date=2 August 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>) Cornwall is represented, as one of the Celtic nations, at the ''[[Festival Interceltique de Lorient]]'', an annual celebration of Celtic culture held in Brittany.<ref name="Festival 1">{{cite web
 |title=Site Officiel du Festival Interceltique de Lorient
 |url=http://www.festival-interceltique.com/le-monde-des-celtes-et-de-la-celtie.php
 |access-date=8 February 2011
|publisher=[[Festival Interceltique de Lorient]]
 |date=4 February 2011
|work=[[Festival Interceltique de Lorient]] website
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305062016/http://www.festival-interceltique.com/le-monde-des-celtes-et-de-la-celtie.php
 |archive-date=5 March 2010
}}</ref>

Cornwall Council consider Cornwall's unique cultural heritage and distinctiveness to be one of the area's major assets. They see Cornwall's language, landscape, Celtic identity, political history, patterns of settlement, maritime tradition, industrial heritage, and non-conformist tradition, to be among the features making up its "distinctive" culture.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cornwall Council – part three |url=http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=14923 |access-date=10 February 2011 |publisher=[[Cornwall Council]] |date=18 March 2010 |work=[[Cornwall Council]] website |archive-date=28 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528145208/https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=14923 |url-status=live }}</ref> However, it is uncertain exactly how many of the people living in Cornwall consider themselves to be Cornish; results from different surveys (including the national census) have varied. In the [[2001 United Kingdom census|2001 census]], 7 per cent of people in Cornwall identified themselves as Cornish, rather than British or English. However, activists have argued that this underestimated the true number as there was no explicit "Cornish" option included in the official census form.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/the-cornish-they-revolted-in-1497-now-theyre-at-it-again-1782535.html|title=The Cornish: they revolted in 1497, now they're at it again|last=Dugan|first=Emily|date=6 September 2009|publisher=Independent (The)|access-date=14 July 2010|location=London|archive-date=19 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819072618/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/the-cornish-they-revolted-in-1497-now-theyre-at-it-again-1782535.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Subsequent surveys have suggested that as many as 44 per cent identify as Cornish.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/3527673.stm|title=Welsh are more patriotic|date=3 March 2004|publisher=BBC|access-date=14 July 2010|archive-date=14 March 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314051604/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/3527673.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> Many people in Cornwall say that this issue would be resolved if a Cornish option became available on the census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/census/2011-census/2011-census-questionnaire-content/recommended-questions---national-identity.pdf|title=Information paper: Recommended questions for the 2009 Census Rehearsal and 2011 Census: National Identity|publisher=Office for National Statistics|page=32|date=December 2008|access-date=13 May 2009|archive-date=2 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302152351/http://www.ons.gov.uk/census/2011-census/2011-census-questionnaire-content/recommended-questions---national-identity.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The question and content recommendations for the [[2011 United Kingdom census|2011 census]] provided an explanation of the process of selecting an ethnic identity which is relevant to the understanding of the often quoted figure of 37,000 who claimed Cornish identity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/census/2011-census/2011-census-questionnaire-content/question-and-content-recommendations-for-2011/ethnic-group-prioritisation-tool.pdf|title=2011 Census; 2011 census questionnaire content; question and content recommendations for 2011; ethnic group prioritisation tool|pages=20–22|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=15 July 2010|archive-date=10 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110152326/http://www.ons.gov.uk/census/2011-census/2011-census-questionnaire-content/question-and-content-recommendations-for-2011/ethnic-group-prioritisation-tool.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 census]] found that 17% of people in Cornwall identified as being Cornish (89,000), with 14% of people in Cornwall identifying as Cornish-only (80,000).<ref name ="Over 100,000 people identify as Cornish in latest census">{{Cite news |date=2022-11-30 |title=Over 100,000 people identify as Cornish in latest census |language=en-GB |work=Cornwall Live |url=https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/nearly-100000-people-identify-cornish-7875032 |access-date=2022-12-06}}</ref> Again there was no tick-box provided, and "Cornish" had to be written-in as "Other".<ref name ="Over 100,000 people identify as Cornish in latest census"/><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-12-02 |title=ONS update: 108,860 wrote "Cornish" on 2021 census |language=en-GB |work=[[Mebyon Kernow]] website |url=https://mebyonkernow.org/news/ons-update-108860-wrote-cornish-on-2021-census/|access-date=2022-12-08}}</ref>

On 24 April 2014 it was announced that Cornish people have been granted minority status under the [[European Union|European]] [[Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities]].<ref name="bbc minority status">{{Cite news |title=Cornish people granted minority status within UK |publisher=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-27132035 |url-status=live |access-date=24 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424071554/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-27132035 |archive-date=24 April 2014}}</ref>