City of Chester
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| City of Chester | |
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 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 (2003 est.) - Density | Ranked 163rd 119,085 266 / 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 |
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 | 
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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 | |
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Administrative counties with multiple districts: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside |