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Penrhyndeudraeth
Penrhyndeudraeth is a town 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) east of Porthmadog, and had a population of 2,150 at the 2011 census, boosted from 2,031 in 2001. The community consists of Minffordd as well as Portmeirion. According to the 2011 Census, Penrhyndeudraeth is the 19th most Welsh-speaking community in Wales, with about 76% of the its homeowners aged 3 years or older stating that they can talk Welsh. According to the current Estyn evaluation report of the town's primary school, Ysgol Cefn Coch, 79% of students originated from houses where Welsh is talked. In an occurrence in June 2011, with brand-new English proprietors of the Royal Oak club in Penrhyndeudraeth, customers left the bar in anger as well as were endangered with an airgun after being informed to stop buying their drinks in Welsh. The pub subsequently had an adjustment of monitoring. The Penrhyndeudraeth Children as well as Young People's Chaired Eisteddfod is held annually at the Memorial Hall. The village is house to the Snowdonia National Park Authority head office. There are many 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" 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 composed a tune, Strydoedd Aberstalwm (around "streets of long ago"), in tribute to the village. His widely known band Y Tebot Piws also recorded their farewell album at Penrhyndeudraeth Memorial Hall in 2011.