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Penrhyndeudraeth
Penrhyndeudraeth is a village and area in the Welsh region of Gwynedd. The town is close to the mouth of the River Dwyryd on the A487 virtually 3 miles (4.8 km) eastern of Porthmadog, and had a population of 2,150 at the 2011 census, increased from 2,031 in 2001. The neighborhood consists of Minffordd and Portmeirion. According to the 2011 Census, Penrhyndeudraeth is the 19th most Welsh-speaking area in Wales, with approximately 76% of the its homeowners aged 3 years or older stating that they can talk Welsh. According to the most recent Estyn examination record of the village's primary school, Ysgol Cefn Coch, 79% of students originated from houses where Welsh is talked. In an event in June 2011, with new English property managers of the Royal Oak club in Penrhyndeudraeth, clients left the bar in anger and were intimidated with an airgun after being told to quit purchasing their drinks in Welsh. The bar ultimately had an adjustment of administration. The Penrhyndeudraeth Children and also Youth's Chaired Eisteddfod is held every year at the Memorial Hall. The village is residence to the Snowdonia National Park Authority headquarters. There are numerous language traces of Old Welsh to be discovered in the name in the Penrhyndeudraeth location, such as "Pont Briwet/ Briwet Bridge (Briwet is cognate with the Breton word "Brued" suggesting bridge). Remains of old huts can be discovered near Ty 'n y Berllan, which date back to the Bronze Age. Penrhyndeudraeth's Alun 'Sbardun' Huws created a track, Strydoedd Aberstalwm (approximately "streets of long ago"), in tribute to the town. His popular band Y Tebot Piws likewise recorded their goodbye cd at Penrhyndeudraeth Memorial Hall in 2011.