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(February 2011)| Caernarfon from Caernarfon Castle Caernarfon
shown within Gwynedd |OS grid reference| |Sovereign
state||United Kingdom| Caernarfon (//; Welsh: [kaɨrˈnarvɔn]) is
a Royal town, community and port in Gwynedd, Wales, with a
population of 9,611. It lies along the A487 road, on the east
banks of the Menai Straits, opposite the Isle of Anglesey. The
city of Bangor is 8.6 miles (13.8 km) to the northeast, while
Snowdonia fringes Caernarfon to the east and southeast.
Carnarvon and Caernarvon are anglicised spellings of Caernarfon
that were officially superseded in 1926 and 1974 respectively.
Abundant natural resources in and around the Menai Straits
enabled human habitation in the Caernarfon area during pre-
history. The Ordovices were the Celtic tribe documented as
living in this region during classical antiquity. The Roman fort
called Segontium was established in about the year 80 to
subjugate the Ordovices as part of the Roman conquest of B