Place:Porthmadog, Caernarvonshire, Wales

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NamePorthmadog
Alt namesPorthmadocsource: Family History Library Catalog
Borth y Gestsource: village in community (parish)
Morfa Bychansource: village in community (parish)
Tremadocsource: village in community (parish)
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish, Urban district
Coordinates52.917°N 4.133°W
Located inCaernarvonshire, Wales     ( - 1974)
Also located inGwynedd, Wales     (1974 - )
source: Family History Library Catalog
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Porthmadog, known before 1974 in an anglicised Portmadoc form and locally as "Port", is a Welsh coastal town and community in the Eifionydd area of Gwynedd and the historic county of Caernarfonshire. It lies east of Criccieth, south-west of Blaenau Ffestiniog, north of Dolgellau and south of Caernarfon. The community population of 4,185 in the 2011 census was put at 4,134 in 2019. It grew in the 19th century as a port for local slate, but as the trade declined, it continued as a shopping and tourism centre, being close to Snowdonia National Park and the Ffestiniog Railway. The 1987 National Eisteddfod was held there. It includes nearby Borth-y-Gest, Morfa Bychan and Tremadog.

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