Neath Port Talbot

Neath Port Talbot County Borough Bwrdeistref Sirol Castell-nedd Port Talbot (Welsh)
County borough
Coat of arms
Motto(s):  Welsh: Llwyddo drwy ymdrech, lit. 'success through effort'
Neath Port Talbot shown within Wales
Coordinates: 51°38′44″N 3°44′42″W / 51.64556°N 3.74500°W / 51.64556; -3.74500
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	Wales
Preserved county	West Glamorgan
Incorporated	1 April 1996
Administrative HQ	Port Talbot
Government [1]
• 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
Area [2]
• Total	170 sq mi (441 km2)
• Rank	11th
Population  (2022)[2]
• Total	142,158
• Rank	9th
• Density	830/sq mi (322/km2)
Welsh language (2021) [3]
• Speakers	13.5%
• Rank	9th
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ISO 3166 code	GB-NTL
GSS code	W06000012
Website	www.npt.gov.uk

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 October 2024 about 141,900.^[4] 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.