Neath

Neath
Welsh: *Castell-nedd*
Neath Welsh: Castell-nedd;
	From the top, View over Neath, The Parade, Neath Abbey
	Neath Location within Neath Port Talbot
Population	50,658
OS grid reference	SS745975
Community	Neath;
Principal area	Neath Port Talbot;
Preserved county	West Glamorgan;
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEATH
Postcode district	SA10-11
Dialling code	01639
Police	South Wales
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Neath and Swansea East;
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Neath;
	List of places UK Wales Neath Port Talbot 51°40′N 3°49′W / 51.66°N 3.81°W

Neath (/niːθ/; Welsh: Castell-nedd) is a market town and community situated in the Neath Port Talbot County Borough, Wales. The town had a population of 50,658 in 2011.^[2] The community of the parish of Neath had a population of 19,258 in 2011.^[3] Historically in Glamorgan, the town is located on the River Neath, seven miles (eleven kilometres) east-northeast of Swansea.^[4]

^ "Neath Town Council".
^ "Neath Population 2011". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
^ "Neath Parish Population 2011". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
^ John Paxton, ed. (1999). The Penguin Encyclopedia of Places (Third ed.). London: Penguin. p. 628.

Neath Welsh: Castell-nedd
From the top, View over Neath, The Parade, Neath Abbey
Neath Location within Neath Port Talbot
Population	50,658
OS grid reference	SS745975
Community	Neath^[1]
Principal area	Neath Port Talbot
Preserved county	West Glamorgan
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEATH
Postcode district	SA10-11
Dialling code	01639

Police	South Wales
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh

UK Parliament	Neath and Swansea East
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Neath
List of places UK Wales Neath Port Talbot 51°40′N 3°49′W / 51.66°N 3.81°W / 51.66; -3.81