Penrhyndeudraeth is a village and also area in the Welsh area of Gwynedd. The community is close to the mouth of the River Dwyryd on the A487 virtually 3 miles (4.8 km) eastern of Porthmadog, and also had a population of 2,150 at the 2011 census, enhanced from 2,031 in 2001. The neighborhood consists of Minffordd and also Portmeirion. According to the 2011 Census, Penrhyndeudraeth is the 19th most Welsh-speaking neighborhood in Wales, with about 76% of the its citizens aged 3 years or older specifying that they might talk Welsh. According to the current Estyn examination record of the town's primary school, Ysgol Cefn Coch, 79% of pupils originated from homes where Welsh is spoken. In an event in June 2011, with new English property owners of the Royal Oak bar in Penrhyndeudraeth, clients left the club in anger as well as were threatened with an airgun after being told to stop purchasing their drinks in Welsh. The bar subsequently had an adjustment of administration. The Penrhyndeudraeth Children and Youngster's Chaired Eisteddfod is held yearly at the Memorial Hall. The village is home to the Snowdonia National Park Authority head office. There are many language traces of Old Welsh to be located 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 located near Ty 'n y Berllan, which date back to the Bronze Age. Penrhyndeudraeth's Alun 'Sbardun' Huws created a track, Strydoedd Aberstalwm (around "roads of long ago"), in tribute to the town. His well-known band Y Tebot Piws also recorded their farewell cd at Penrhyndeudraeth Memorial Hall in 2011.