Neath Port Talbot

Neath Port Talbot County Borough
Bwrdeistref Sirol
Castell-nedd Port Talbot
 (Welsh)
Coat of arms of Neath Port Talbot County Borough
Location of Neath Port Talbot County Borough
Admin HQPort Talbot
Largest townNeath
Government
 • TypeNeath Port Talbot County Borough Council
 • ControlLabour
 • MPsStephen Kinnock, Labour (Aberavon)
Christina Rees, Labour (Neath)
 • MSsDavid Rees, Labour (Aberavon)
Jeremy Miles, Labour (Neath)
Area
 • Total442 km2 (171 sq mi)
 • RankRanked 11th
Population
 (2022)
 • Total142,158
 • RankRanked 9th
 • Density322/km2 (830/sq mi)
  • RankRanked 12th
 • Ethnicity
97.9% White
1.0% South Asian
0.8% Oriental
0.3% Other
Welsh language
 • RankRanked 9th
 • Speakers13.5%[1]
Geocode00NZ (ONS)
W06000012 (GSS)
ISO 3166 codeGB-NTL
Websitewww.neath-porttalbot.gov.uk

Neath Port Talbot (Welsh: Castell-nedd Port Talbot) is a county borough in the south-west of Wales. Its principal towns are Neath, Port Talbot, Briton Ferry and Pontardawe. The county borough borders Bridgend County Borough and Rhondda Cynon Taf to the east, Powys and Carmarthenshire to the north; and Swansea to the west.

Neath Port Talbot is the eighth-most populous local authority area in Wales and the third most populous county borough. The population at the 2011 census was 139,812.[2] The population in the coastal areas is mainly English-speaking, whereas in the valleys in the north of the borough there are many who are Welsh-speaking.

  1. ^ "Press Release – Neath Port Talbot Council".
  2. ^ "Local Authority population 2011". Retrieved 11 April 2015.

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