Llanwinio

{{Short description|Village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox UK place

| type = Village and community

| country = Wales

| static_image_name = Baptismal font at Carmarthenshire - geograph.org.uk - 605894.jpg

| static_image_caption = Ainon Baptist Chapel, Gellywen. The baptismal tank for the chapel, just visible at bottom left, is fed directly from the stream which flows through the graveyard

| coordinates = {{Coord|51|55|N|4|32|W|display=title|region:GB_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}}

| unitary_wales = Carmarthenshire

| module= 240px
Map of the community

}}

Llanwinio is a village{{Cite web |date=2017 |title=Llanwinio, Carmarthenshire |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6651 |website=visionofbritain}} and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, {{Convert|2.7|mi|km}} north of the hamlet of Gellywen.

The population recorded at the 2011 census was 448.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125996&c=SA34+0DS&d=16&e=62&g=6492511&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1429207870266&enc=1|title=Community population 2011|accessdate=16 April 2015}} The 2011 census showed 46.0% of the population could speak Welsh, a fall from 62.3% in 2001.{{cite web|title=2011 Census results by Community |url=http://www.comisiynyddygymraeg.cymru/English/Assistance/Dataandstatisitcs/Pages/2011CensusresultsbyCommunity.aspx |publisher=Welsh Language Commissioner |year=2015 |accessdate=12 August 2015 }}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

In 1844 Samuel Lewis's A Topographical Dictionary of Wales described Llanwinio as being divided into two sections – an Eastern Division and a Western Division, with a population of 1035: with a population of 422 in the Eastern and 613 in the Western Division.{{cite web| url = http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/CMN/Llanwinio/index.html| title = GENUKI: Llanwinio, Carmarthenshire}}

The community is bordered by the communities of Trelech, Meidrim, Llangynin and Llanboidy, all in Carmarthenshire, and by Crymych and Clydau, both in Pembrokeshire.

Gellywen is home of Ainon Baptist Church, built in 1828 and re-built in 1880.[http://www.churches-uk-ireland.org/carmar.html "The Churches of Britain and Ireland: Carmarthenshire" at www.churches-uk-ireland.org]