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Penrhyndeudraeth
Penrhyndeudraeth is a small town as well as community in the Welsh county 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, and had a population of 2,150 at the 2011 census, boosted from 2,031 in 2001. The neighborhood consists of Minffordd as well as Portmeirion. According to the 2011 Census, Penrhyndeudraeth is the 19th most Welsh-speaking community in Wales, with around 76% of the its locals aged 3 years or older specifying that they could talk Welsh. According to the most up to date Estyn assessment 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 landlords of the Royal Oak pub in Penrhyndeudraeth, customers left the bar in anger and also were intimidated with an airgun after being informed to stop purchasing their drinks in Welsh. The pub ultimately had an adjustment of administration. The Penrhyndeudraeth Children as well as Youngster's Chaired Eisteddfod is held each year at the Memorial Hall. The village is home to the Snowdonia National Park Authority headquarters. 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" 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 created a tune, Strydoedd Aberstalwm (roughly "roads of long ago"), in tribute to the town. His popular band Y Tebot Piws additionally recorded their goodbye album at Penrhyndeudraeth Memorial Hall in 2011.