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Penrhyndeudraeth
Penrhyndeudraeth is a town and community 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 kilometres) east of Porthmadog, as well as had a population of 2,150 at the 2011 census, increased from 2,031 in 2001. The community consists of Minffordd and Portmeirion. According to the 2011 Census, Penrhyndeudraeth is the 19th most Welsh-speaking community in Wales, with approximately 76% of the its locals aged three years or older specifying that they might speak Welsh. According to the latest Estyn evaluation report of the village's primary school, Ysgol Cefn Coch, 79% of students come from residences where Welsh is talked. In an incident in June 2011, with new English proprietors of the Royal Oak pub in Penrhyndeudraeth, clients left the pub in anger and also were threatened with an airgun after being informed to quit getting their drinks in Welsh. The bar subsequently had an adjustment of management. The Penrhyndeudraeth Children as well as Youngster's Chaired Eisteddfod is held yearly at the Memorial Hall. The village is house to the Snowdonia National Park Authority head office. There are numerous language traces of Old Welsh to be discovered in the name in the Penrhyndeudraeth area, such as "Pont Briwet/ Briwet Bridge (Briwet is cognate with the Breton word "Brued" implying bridge). Remains of old huts can be found near Ty 'n y Berllan, which go back to the Bronze Age. Penrhyndeudraeth's Alun 'Sbardun' Huws created a tune, Strydoedd Aberstalwm (around "roads of long ago"), in tribute to the village. His popular band Y Tebot Piws also recorded their goodbye album at Penrhyndeudraeth Memorial Hall in 2011.
