Porthmadog, known before 1974 in its anglicised Portmadoc form and locally as "Port", is a Welsh coastal town and community in the Eifionydd area of Gwynedd. Before 1974 it was in the historic county of Caernarfonshire. It lies 5 miles east of Criccieth, 11 miles south-west of Blaenau Ffestiniog, 25 miles north of Dolgellau and 20 miles south of Caernarfon. The community population was 4,185 in the 2011 census and an estimated 4,134 in 2019. It developed... Show more in the 19th century as a port for slate sent to England and elsewhere, but as the industry declined, it continued as a shopping centre and tourist destination, being close to Snowdonia National Park and the Ffestiniog Railway. The 1987 National Eisteddfod was held there. It includes the nearby villages of Borth-y-Gest, Morfa Bychan and Tremadog.
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