Neath Port Talbot

county borough and one of the unitary authority areas of Wales, United Kingdom

Key facts

Sovereign state: United Kingdom
Country: Wales
Preserved county: West Glamorgan
Incorporated: 1 April 1996
Administrative hq: Port Talbot
Type: Principal council
Body: Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
Control: No overall control
Mps: 3 MPs David Chadwick ( LD ) Carolyn Harris ( L ) Stephen Kinnock ( L )
Mss: 2 MSs David Rees ( L ) Jeremy Miles ( L ) +4 regional members
Total: 170 sq mi (441 km )
Rank: 11th

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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. 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.