Editing Neath (section)

{{short description|Town in south Wales}}
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{{Use British English|date=January 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country                     = Wales
| welsh_name                  = Castell-nedd
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| image1 = A rooftop view of Neath - geograph.org.uk - 1618067.jpg
| image2 = The Parade, Neath - geograph.org.uk - 2597023.jpg
| image3 = Neath Abbey (5541).jpg
| footer = From the top, View over Neath, The Parade, [[Neath Abbey]]}}
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| constituency_welsh_assembly = [[Neath (Senedd constituency)|Neath]]
| coordinates                 = {{coord|51.66|-3.81|display=inline,title}}
| official_name               = Neath
| community_wales             = Neath<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neathtowncouncil.gov.uk/|title=Neath Town Council}}</ref>
| unitary_wales               = [[Neath Port Talbot]]
| lieutenancy_wales           = [[West Glamorgan]]
| constituency_westminster    = [[Neath and Swansea East (UK Parliament constituency)|Neath and Swansea East]]
| post_town                   = NEATH
| postcode_district           = SA10-11
| postcode_area               = SA
| dial_code                   = 01639
| os_grid_reference           = SS745975
| population                  = 50,658
| module= [[File:2024 Wales Neath Port Talbot Community Neath map.svg|240px]]<br />Map of the community
}}

'''Neath''' ({{IPAc-en|n|iː|θ}}; {{langx|cy|Castell-nedd}}) is a [[market town]] and [[Community (Wales)|community]] situated in the [[Neath Port Talbot|Neath Port Talbot County Borough]], [[Wales]]. The town had a population of 50,658 in 2011.<ref name="Neath Census 2011">{{cite web |title=Neath Population 2011 |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=W38000135 |website=Nomis |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=22 April 2021}}</ref> The community of the parish of Neath had a population of 19,258 in 2011.<ref name="Neath Parish Population">{{cite web |title=Neath Parish Population 2011 |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=W04000618 |website=Nomis |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=22 April 2021}}</ref> [[Historic counties of Wales|Historically]] in [[Glamorgan]], the town is located on the [[River Neath]], {{convert|7|mi|km|0|abbr=off|spell=on}} east-northeast of [[Swansea]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Penguin Encyclopedia of Places|editor=John Paxton|publisher=Penguin|location=London|year=1999|edition=Third|page=628}}</ref>