Editing Snowdonia (section)

===Settlements===
[[File:Sunrise over Snowdonia. (15946893737).jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Sunrise over Snowdonia]]
There are only three towns within the park boundary, though there are several more immediately beyond it. {{lang|cy|italic=no|[[Dolgellau]]}} is the most populous<ref>{{NOMIS2011 |title=Dolgellau Built-up area |id=W37000350 |access-date=2 June 2020}}</ref> followed by [[Bala, Gwynedd|Bala]]<ref>{{NOMIS2011 |title=Bala Built-up area |id=W37000296 |access-date=2 June 2020}}</ref> on the eastern boundary and then [[Harlech]]<ref>{{NOMIS2011 |title=Harlech Built-up area |id=W37000162 |access-date=2 June 2020}}</ref> overlooking [[Tremadog Bay]]. More populous than these is the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, which is within an [[exclave]], that is to say it is surrounded by the national park but excluded from it, whilst the towns of [[Tywyn]] and [[Barmouth]] on the Cardigan Bay coast are within coastal exclaves. {{lang|cy|italic=no|[[Llanrwst]]}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Llanrwst |url=https://snowdoniatourism.co.uk/llanrwst/ |website=Snowdonia / Eryri |date=28 January 2019 |publisher=SnowdoniaTourism.co.uk |access-date=2 June 2020}}</ref> in the east, [[Machynlleth]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome to Machynlleth in Mid Wales |url=http://machynlleth.net/index.html |publisher=Croeso.net |access-date=2 June 2020}}</ref> in the south and [[Porthmadog]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome to Porthmadog in Snowdonia, Wales |url=https://porthmadog.wales/ |publisher=Porthmadog Town Council |access-date=2 June 2020}}</ref> and [[Penrhyndeudraeth]] in the west are immediately beyond the boundary but still identified with the park;{{clarify|date=June 2020}} indeed the last of these hosts the headquarters of the Snowdonia National Park Authority.<ref>{{cite web |title=Snowdonia National Park Authority |url=https://www.snowdonia.gov.wales/authority |publisher=Eryri National Park Authority |access-date=2 June 2020}}</ref> Similarly the local economies of the towns of [[Conwy]], [[Bethesda, Gwynedd|Bethesda]], and [[Llanberis]] in the north are inseparably linked to the national park as they provide multiple visitor services. The lower terminus of the [[Snowdon Mountain Railway]] is at Llanberis. Though adjacent to it, {{lang|cy|italic=no|[[Llanfairfechan]]}} and {{lang|cy|italic=no|[[Penmaenmawr]]}} are less obviously linked to the park.

There are numerous smaller settlements within the national park: prominent amongst these are the eastern 'gateway' village of {{lang|cy|italic=no|[[Betws-y-Coed]]}}, [[Aberdyfi]] on the Dovey ({{Lang|cy|Dyfi}}) estuary and the small village of {{lang|cy|italic=no|[[Beddgelert]]}} each of which attract large numbers of visitors. Other sizeable villages are {{lang|cy|italic=no|[[Llanuwchllyn]]}} at the southwest end of Bala Lake ({{lang|cy|italic=no|Llyn Tegid}}), [[Dyffryn Ardudwy]], [[Corris]], [[Trawsfynydd]], [[Llanbedr]], [[Trefriw]] and [[Dolwyddelan]].