Bala
Bala is a market community and area in Gwynedd, Wales. Previously an urban district, Bala exists within the historical area of Merionethshire. It exists at the north end of Llyn Tegid, 17 miles (27 kilometres) north-east of Dolgellau, with a population taken in the UK Census 2011 of 1,974. It is little bit more than one vast road, this being Stryd Fawr (High Street, actually "Great Street"). The High Street and its stores can be fairly active in the summertime with many vacationers. Bala was rated as having the 20th greatest portion of Welsh language speakers in Wales by electoral department, in the United Kingdom Census 2011. According to the census, 78.5% of Bala's population can talk Welsh.