Congleton (borough)
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Borough of Congleton | |
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Shown within Cheshire | |
Geography | |
Status: | Borough |
Region: | North West England |
Admin. County: | Cheshire |
Area: - Total | Ranked 184th 210.99 km² |
Admin. HQ: | Sandbach |
ONS code: | 13UC |
Demographics | |
Population: - Total (2003 est.) - Density | Ranked 244th 91,462 433 / km² |
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 | |
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 |