congleton (borough)

olspan=2 align=center bgcolor="#ff9999"\|Borough of Congleton
olspan=2 align=center\| Shown within Cheshire
olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"\|Geography
idth="45%"\|Status:	Borough
a href="/encyclopedia/Regions-of-England" title="Regions of England">Region:	North West England
dmin. County:	Cheshire
a href="/encyclopedia/Surface-area" title="Surface area">Area: - Total	Ranked 184th 210.99 km²
dmin. HQ:	Sandbach
a href="/encyclopedia/ONS-coding-system" title="ONS coding system">ONS code:	13UC
olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"\|Demographics
a href="/encyclopedia/Population" title="Population">Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 244th 91,102 432 / km²
thnicity:	98.8% White
olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"\|Politics
olspan=2 align=center\| Congleton Borough Council http://www.congleton.gov.uk/
a href="/encyclopedia/Local_government_in_England#Councils_and_councillors" title="Local_government_in_England#Councils_and_councillors">Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
xecutive:	Conservative
a href="/encyclopedia/MPs-elected-in-the-UK-general-election,-2001" title="MPs elected in the UK general election, 2001">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.

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