Demography
Demographically Gwynedd has the highest proportion of people in Wales who can speak Welsh. The highest proportion of these Welsh speakers are to be found in and around Caernarfon. 86.1% of the population could speak the Welsh language in the United Kingdom Census 2001, with the largest majority of Welsh speakers in the 10-14 age group, where 97.7% could speak it fluently. The town is nowadays a rallying-point for the Welsh nationalist cause.
The population of Caernarfon Community Parish in 2001 was 9,611.
Caernarfon residents are known colloquially as "Cofis". The word "Cofi" (/ˈkɒvi/) is also used locally in Caernarfon to describe the local Welsh dialect, notable for a number of words not in use elsewhere.
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