District of Neath

Coordinates: 51°39′40″N 3°48′14″W / 51.661°N 3.804°W / 51.661; -3.804

Neath (Welsh: Castell-nedd) was one of the four local government districts of West Glamorgan, Wales from 1974 to 1996. It was formed from the municipal borough of Neath, along with all of Neath Rural District apart from Rhigos parish, which went to Cynon Valley district.

In 1996 it merged with the district of Port Talbot to form Neath Port Talbot County Borough.

Local government districts of Wales 1974–1996
Clwyd
  • Alyn and Deeside
  • Colwyn
  • Delyn
  • Glyndŵr
  • Rhuddlan
  • Wrexham Maelor
Dyfed
  • Carmarthen
  • Ceredigion
  • Dinefwr
  • Llanelli
  • Preseli Pembrokeshire
  • South Pembrokeshire
Gwent
  • Blaenau Gwent
  • Islwyn
  • Monmouth
  • Newport
  • Torfaen
Gwynedd
  • Aberconwy
  • Arfon
  • Dwyfor
  • Meirionnydd
  • Ynys Môn - Isle of Anglesey
Mid Glamorgan
  • Cynon Valley
  • Merthyr Tydfil
  • Ogwr
  • Rhondda
  • Rhymney Valley
  • Taff-Ely
Powys
  • Brecknock
  • Montgomeryshire
  • Radnorshire
South Glamorgan
  • Cardiff
  • Vale of Glamorgan
West Glamorgan
  • Lliw Valley
  • Neath
  • Port Talbot
  • Swansea

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