Local Government
Gwynedd Council's head offices are situated in the town. The local court serves the town and the rest of North West Wales, and in 2009 moved to a multi-million pound court complex on Llanberis Road. The Caernarfon UK Parliament constituency was a former electoral area centered on Caernarfon. Caernarfon is now part of the Arfon constituency for both the UK Parliament and the Welsh Assembly. The town is twinned with Landerneau in Brittany.
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