Port Talbot

Port Talbot
From the top, View of Port Talbot from above, with the elevated M4 to the bottom-left, The High street, Steelworks
Port Talbot Location within Neath Port Talbot
Population	31,550 (2021)[1]
OS grid reference	SS755895
Principal area	Neath Port Talbot
Preserved county	Glamorganshire
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PORT TALBOT
Postcode district	SA12, SA13
Dialling code	01639
Police	South Wales
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Aberavon
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Aberavon
List of places UK Wales Neath Port Talbot 51°35′26″N 3°47′55″W / 51.59055°N 3.79859°W / 51.59055; -3.79859

Port Talbot (/ˌpɔːrt ˈtɔːlbət/, UK also /pɔːr-, pə-, -ˈtælbət, -ˈtɒlbət/)^[2] is a town and community in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, situated on the east side of Swansea Bay, approximately eight miles (thirteen kilometres) from Swansea.^[3] The Port Talbot Steelworks covers a large area of land which dominates the south east of the town. It is one of the biggest steelworks in the world, but has been under threat of closure since the 1980s.^[4] The population was 31,550 in 2021,^[1] comprising about a fifth of the 141,931 population^[5] of Neath Port Talbot.