Neath Port Talbot
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| Image:WalesNeathPortTalbot.png | |
| Geography | |
| Area - Total - % Water | Ranked 11th 442 km² ? % |
|---|---|
| Admin HQ | Port Talbot |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-NTL |
| ONS code | 00NZ |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2004 est.) - Density | Ranked 8th 135,800 Ranked 12th 307 / km² |
| Ethnicity | 97.9% White 1.0% S. Asian |
| Welsh language - Any skills | Ranked 9th 28.8% |
| Politics | |
| Image:Neath Port Talbot arms.png Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council http://www.neath-porttalbot.gov.uk/ | |
| Control | Labour |
| MPs | |
Neath Port Talbot (Welsh: Castell-nedd Port Talbot) is a county borough in Glamorgan, south Wales.
The borough borders the other principal areas of Bridgend and Rhondda Cynon Taf to the east, Powys and Carmarthenshire to the north and Swansea to the west. Its main towns, as the name of the authority suggests, are Neath and Port Talbot.
Created from the former districts of Neath, Port Talbot and part of Lliw Valley on 1 April 1996 as Neath and Port Talbot, it changed its name on the following day, 2 April 1996.
Settlements in the district include:
- Aberdulais
- Alltwen
- Briton Ferry
- Bryn
- Bryncoch
- Blaengwrach
- Cadoxton
- Cwmafan
- Crynant
- Cymmer
- Glyn Neath
- Gwaun Cae Gurwen
- Margam
- Neath
- Onllwyn
- Pontardawe
- Pontrhydyfen
- Port Talbot
- Resolven
- Rhos
- Seven Sisters
- Skewen
- Tonna
- Ystalyfera
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Subdivisions created by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 Anglesey | Blaenau Gwent | Bridgend | Caerphilly | Cardiff | Carmarthenshire | Ceredigion | Conwy | Denbighshire | Flintshire | Gwynedd | Merthyr Tydfil | Monmouthshire | Neath Port Talbot | Newport | Pembrokeshire | Powys | Rhondda Cynon Taff | Swansea | Torfaen | Vale of Glamorgan | Wrexham | |
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