City of Chester
Shown within Cheshire
Geography
Status:	City
Region:	North West England
Admin. County:	Cheshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 111th 448.04 km²
Admin. HQ:	Chester
ONS code:	13UB
Demographics
Population: - Total (2004 est.) - Density	Ranked 163rd 119,000 266 / km²
Ethnicity:	98.0% White
Politics
Chester City Council http://www.chestercc.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Liberal Democrats + Labour
MPs:	Andrew Miller, Stephen O'Brien, Christine Russell

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Apart from Chester itself, the district covers a large rural area. Other settlements include Malpas and Tarvin. Chester is the county town of Cheshire in North West England. ... Malpas is a village and civil parish in the City of Chester district of Cheshire, England. ... Tarvin is a village in Cheshire. ...

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. April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... County borough was a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom to refer to a borough or a city independent of county administration. ... Chester is the county town of Cheshire in North West England. ... Chester Rural District was a rural district of Cheshire, England, from 1894 to 1974. ...

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General Consensus

Chester is a large city, however when the most recent poll was taken, approximately 50% of inhabitants thought it was a bit, naff, with 30% undecided.