Neath Port Talbot
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 County Borough
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Coat of arms | |
| Admin HQ | Port Talbot |
| Largest town | Neath |
| Government | |
| • Type | Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council |
| • Control | Labour |
| • MPs | Stephen Kinnock, Labour (Aberavon) Christina Rees, Labour (Neath) |
| • MSs | David Rees, Labour (Aberavon) Jeremy Miles, Labour (Neath) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 442 km2 (171 sq mi) |
| • Rank | Ranked 11th |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 141,931 |
| • Rank | Ranked 9th |
| • Density | 322/km2 (830/sq mi) |
| • Rank | Ranked 12th |
| • Ethnicity | 97.9% White 1.0% South Asian 0.8% Oriental 0.3% Other |
| Welsh language | |
| • Rank | Ranked 9th |
| • Speakers | 13.5% |
| Geocode | 00NZ (ONS) W06000012 (GSS) |
| ISO 3166 code | GB-NTL |
| Website | www |
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. 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.
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