Neath

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Image:Neatharms.PNG Template:Infobox Wales place Neath (Welsh: Castell-Nedd) is a town and community with a population of approximately 45,898, located on the river of the same name (Welsh: Afon Nedd) in the traditional county of Glamorgan, south Wales.

Neath has existed as a settlement since Roman times, when the fort of Nidum stood on the spot. Remains of the fort are also still standing, within a housing estate. The actual fort covered an area which now includes the playing fields of Dŵr-y-Felin Comprehensive School. Ruins of a small Norman castle can also be seen, close to the shopping centre. Other major attractions for visitors are Neath Abbey ruins and Gnoll Park.

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Administration

The previous borough council was absorbed into the larger unitary authority of Neath Port Talbot on April 1 1996. The town encompasses the electoral wards of Neath East, Neath North and Neath South.

The Town and the surrounding area is represented at Westminster by Peter Hain MP (Labour) and in the National Assembly for Wales by Gwenda Thomas AM (Labour)

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Trivia

  • Neath Rugby Football Club, the famous "Welsh All Blacks", play at The Gnoll.
  • The classical singer Katherine Jenkins is from Neath, as is the rock singer Bonnie Tyler.
  • Neath hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1918, 1934, and 1994.
  • Craig Y Nos near Neath was the first place to have electricity installed in Wales.
  • In a 1993 edition of FHM The Parade, Neath was infamously named the second most likely place in the UK to encounter a fight on a Friday night.
  • In April 1980, it was reported that thousands of fresh garden peas pelted down in Tonna (Neath) over a man

called Trevor Williams in some freakish weather phenomenon.cy:Castell-nedd no:Neath

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