Neath Port Talbot

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Neath Port Talbot stretches from the industrialised coastline near Port Talbot to the hills and valleys inland. The steel industry remains significant, alongside energy generation, manufacturing, and tourism to attractions such as Afan Forest Park.

The local government for this district is: Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council (Wales County Borough Council).

This district page, Neath Port Talbot, is a sub-page of this region page: Wales. It zooms in to local authorities and parliamentary constituencies, and provides a list of wards in this district. We have this list page for easy browsing of all UK local authority districts: List of Local Authority Districts.

Constituencies in Neath Port Talbot

A constituency is a specific geographical area that elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to represent them in the House of Commons. The United Kingdom is divided into 650 parliamentary constituencies, 32 of them are in Wales. We have this list page for easy browsing of all UK parliamentary constituencies: List of Constituencies.

Wards in Neath Port Talbot

Neath Port Talbot is divided into 34 wards, listed below in alphabetical order.

  • Aberavon
  • Aberdulais
  • Allt-wen
  • Baglan
  • Blaengwrach and Glynneath West
  • Briton Ferry East
  • Briton Ferry West
  • Bryn and Cwmavon
  • Bryn-coch North
  • Bryn-coch South
  • Cadoxton
  • Cimla and Pelenna
  • Coedffranc Central
  • Coedffranc North
  • Coedffranc West
  • Crynant, Onllwyn and Seven Sisters
  • Cwmllynfell and Ystalyfera
  • Cymer and Glyncorrwg
  • Dyffryn
  • Glynneath Central and East
  • Godre'r Graig
  • Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen and Lower Brynamman
  • Gwynfi and Croeserw
  • Margam and Tai-bach
  • Neath East
  • Neath North
  • Neath South
  • Pontardawe
  • Port Talbot
  • Resolven and Tonna
  • Rhos
  • Sandfields East
  • Sandfields West
  • Trebanos

Neath Port Talbot in International Geographies

In the International Territorial Levels (ITLs) hierarchy, Neath Port Talbot is an ITLs Level 3 area:

  1. (ITL 1) Wales
  2. (ITL 2) ⇒ Mid and South West Wales
  3. (ITL 3) ⇒⇒ Neath Port Talbot

The International Territorial Levels are used by OECD member countries for statistical purposes to classify administrative areas. We have this listable page for easy browsing of ITL names and codes: International Territorial Levels.