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Neath Port Talbot - Definition and Overview

Neath Port Talbot county borough
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 (29 April 2001)
- Density
Ranked 8th
134,468
304 / km²
Welsh language:
- Any skills
Ranked 9th
28.8%
Politics
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
http://www.neath-porttalbot.gov.uk
Control:Labour
MPs:Hywel Francis
Peter Hain


Neath Port Talbot (Welsh: Castell-nedd Port Talbot) is a county borough in Glamorgan, South Wales.

The borough borders 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.

It was created on 1 April 1996 from the former districts of Neath, Port Talbot and part of Lliw Valley. Originally named Neath and Port Talbot, it changed its name on 2 April.

Peter Hain, the Leader of the House of Commons and Secretary of State for Wales, is Member of Parliament for Neath.

Settlements in the district include:

Aberdulais
Briton Ferry
Bryncoch
Cadoxton
Crynant
Cymmer
Glyn Neath
Gwaun Cae Gurwen
Margam
Neath
Pontardawe
Pontrhydyfen
Port Talbot
Resolven
Seven Sisters
Skewen
Ystalyfera


United Kingdom | Wales | Principal areas of Wales Flag of Wales

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


Example Usage of Talbot

bushlaboo: The #Pens have the skill & the will, but luck has abandoned us. Luck come back along with Gonchar, Malkin, Letang, Kennedy, Orpik, & Talbot.
natashax29_58: RT @Karmaa If Malkin,Talbot,TK,Letang&Orpik could all come back at the same time I would cry joyous tears Add Gonch&I'll cry a river of gold
Karmaa: If Malkin, Talbot, TK, Letang & Orpik could all come back at the same time. I would cry joyous tears. Add Gonch & I'll cry a river of gold.
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