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Penrhyndeudraeth is a town and neighborhood in the Welsh area of Gwynedd. The community is close to the mouth of the River Dwyryd on the A487 almost 3 miles (4.8 kilometres) eastern of Porthmadog, and had a population of 2,150 at the 2011 census, increased from 2,031 in 2001. The area consists of Minffordd as well as Portmeirion. According to the 2011 Census, Penrhyndeudraeth is the 19th most Welsh-speaking neighborhood in Wales, with about 76% of the its citizens aged three years or older mentioning that they might speak Welsh. According to the latest Estyn evaluation record of the village’s primary school, Ysgol Cefn Coch, 79% of pupils come from homes where Welsh is talked. In an occurrence in June 2011, with new English property managers of the Royal Oak bar in Penrhyndeudraeth, consumers left the bar in anger as well as were threatened with an airgun after being told to stop purchasing their drinks in Welsh. The bar consequently had an adjustment of management. The Penrhyndeudraeth Children and Youngster’s Chaired Eisteddfod is held annually 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 found in the place names 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 tune, Strydoedd Aberstalwm (approximately “streets of long ago”), in tribute to the village. His well-known band Y Tebot Piws additionally recorded their goodbye album at Penrhyndeudraeth Memorial Hall in 2011.