Penrhyndeudraeth is a village and area in the Welsh area of Gwynedd. The town is close to the mouth of the River Dwyryd on the A487 almost 3 miles (4.8 km) eastern of Porthmadog, and also had a population of 2,150 at the 2011 census, boosted 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 about 76% of the its locals aged 3 years or older stating that they could speak Welsh. According to the most up to date Estyn assessment report of the village's primary school, Ysgol Cefn Coch, 79% of pupils come from residences where Welsh is talked. In an incident in June 2011, with new English landlords of the Royal Oak pub in Penrhyndeudraeth, consumers left the bar in anger and were intimidated with an airgun after being told to stop buying their drinks in Welsh. The club consequently had a change of administration. The Penrhyndeudraeth Children as well as Youth's Chaired Eisteddfod is held yearly at the Memorial Hall. The village is residence to the Snowdonia National Park Authority head office. There are several 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" indicating bridge). Remains of old huts can be located near Ty 'n y Berllan, which go back to the Bronze Age. Penrhyndeudraeth's Alun 'Sbardun' Huws composed a track, Strydoedd Aberstalwm (about "roads of long ago"), in tribute to the town. His popular band Y Tebot Piws likewise recorded their farewell cd at Penrhyndeudraeth Memorial Hall in 2011.
