Langport is a town and also civil parish in Somerset, England, 5 miles (8.0 kilometres) west of Somerton in the South Somerset area. The church (which covers only part of the community) has a population of 1,081. Langport is contiguous with Huish Episcopi, a different church that consists of much of the town's outskirts. Langport lies on the eastern financial institution of the River Parrett, below the factor where that river is joined by the River Yeo (Ivel). There is an embankment throughout the moor as well as a crucial bridge over the river. Below Langport the Parrett is tidal. The rivers circulation from the southerly hillsides with Thorney Moor and Kings Moor, through a space in between the upland areas around Somerton as well as Curry Rivel, onto the Somerset Levels where it flows past Bridgwater to the Bristol Channel. Throughout the winter months the low-lying areas around Langport are often flooded. The town falls within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the City Government Act 1972, having formerly belonged to Langport Rural Area. The district council is responsible for local preparation and also structure control, neighborhood roads, council real estate, ecological health, markets and also fairs, reject collection as well as recycling, cemeteries as well as crematoria, leisure services, parks, and tourist.