NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Congleton (borough)

Borough of Congleton
Shown within Cheshire
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	North West England
Admin. County:	Cheshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 184th 210.99 km�
Admin. HQ:	Sandbach
ONS code:	13UC
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 244th 91,102 432 / km�
Ethnicity:	98.8% White
Politics
Congleton Borough Council http://www.congleton.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MP:	Ann Winterton

Congleton is a local government district and borough in Cheshire, in North West England. It covers Congleton, Alsager, Holmes Chapel, Middlewich and Sandbach. The headquarters of the borough council are located in Sandbach.

The borough was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the former borough of Congleton, the urban districts of Alsager, Middlewich and Sandbach, and the Congleton Rural District.

The resident population of the borough, as measured in the 2001 Census, was 90,655, of which 49 per cent were male and 51 per cent were female.

Districts of England - North West England
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Administrative counties with multiple districts: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside

Categories: Cheshire

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CIVIC HERALDRY OF ENGLAND AND WALES-CHESHIRE (3397 words)
	The Borough of Congleton was formed by the amalgamation of the former Borough of Congleton, the Alsager Urban District, the Middlewich Urban District, the Sandbach Urban District and the Congleton Rural District.
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