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Population and Administration

The population of the county borough is 134,471 (2001). According to the 2001 census, about 29 per cent of the total population can speak Welsh (see Celtic Languages). The main towns are Neath (population, 1991, 45,965) and Port Talbot (1991, 37,647), which is the administrative centre of the unitary authority.

The police authority is the South Wales Constabulary, which has its headquarters in Bridgend, in Bridgend county borough.