Langport is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Somerton in the South Somerset district. The parish (which covers just part of the community) has a population of 1,081. Langport is contiguous with Huish Episcopi, a separate parish that includes much of the town's borders. Langport lies on the east bank of the River Parrett, listed below the factor where that river is signed up with by the River Yeo (Ivel). There is an embankment across the moor as well as an important bridge over the river. Below Langport the Parrett is tidal. The rivers flow from the southern hillsides via Thorney Moor and Kings Moor, through a space between the upland areas around Somerton and Curry Rivel, onto the Somerset Levels where it flows previous Bridgwater to the Bristol Channel. During the winter the low-lying locations around Langport are sometimes swamped. The community drops within the Non-metropolitan area of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having actually previously been part of Langport Rural District. The area council is accountable for regional planning and building control, neighborhood roads, council real estate, environmental wellness, markets and fairs, decline collection and recycling, burial grounds and also crematoria, recreation solutions, parks, and tourist.