NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Chester (district)

City of Chester
Shown within Cheshire
Geography
Status:	City
Region:	North West England
Admin. County:	Cheshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 111th 448.04 km�
Admin. HQ:	Chester
ONS code:	13UB
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 163rd 118,564 265 / km�
Ethnicity:	98.0% White
Politics
Chester City Council http://www.chestercc.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Liberal Democrats + Labour
MPs:	Christine Russell, Stephen O'Brien, Andrew Miller

Chester is a local government district in Cheshire, North West England, with the status of a city.

Apart from Chester itself, the district covers a large rural area. Other settlements include Malpas and Tarvin.

The district was formed on April 1, 1974, when the existing city and county borough of Chester expanded to include Chester Rural District and Tarvin Rural District.

Districts of England - North West England
Allerdale \| Barrow_in_Furness \| Blackburn with Darwen \| Blackpool \| Bolton \| Burnley \| Bury \| Carlisle \| Chester \| Chorley \| Congleton \| Copeland \| Crewe and Nantwich \| Eden \| Ellesmere Port and Neston \| Fylde \| Halton \| Hyndburn \| Knowsley \| Lancaster \| Liverpool \| Macclesfield \| Manchester \| Oldham \| Pendle \| Preston \| Ribble Valley \| Rochdale \| Rossendale \| St Helens \| Salford \| Sefton \| South Lakeland \| South Ribble \| Stockport \| Tameside \| Trafford \| Vale Royal \| Warrington \| West Lancashire \| Wigan \| Wirral \| Wyre
Administrative counties with multiple districts: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside

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Categories: Stub | Cheshire | Cities in England

Results from FactBites:

Chester - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3221 words)
	The traditional independence that Chester had under the earls was confirmed by a charter of Richard II in 1398 stating that 'the said county of Chester shall be the principality of Chester'.
	Chester is twinned with the French town of Sens, Loerrach in Germany, Lakewood, Colorado in the United States and Senigallia, Italy.
	Chester has a railway station to the North East of the city centre, designed by Francis Thompson with an impressive Italianate frontage dating from 1848, though the interior is somewhat dilapidated, having lost a roof in the Chester General rail crash.

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