Cheshire

Cheshire ( or ; kent as the Coonty Palatine o Chester, an airchaically, as the Coonty o Chester an aw; abbreviatit Ches.) is a ceremonial coonty in North Wast Ingland. Cheshire's coonty toun is the ceety o Chester, although the mucklest toun syne coonty bundary chynges in 1974 is Warrington (moved from Lancashire for admeenistrative purposes in 1974). Ither major touns include Widnes (muivit frae Lancashire in 1974), Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, an Wilmslow. Historically the coonty contained the Wirral, Stockport, Altrincham an ither touns. The coonty is bordered bi Merseyside an Greater Manchester tae the north, Derbyshire tae the east, Staffordshire an Shropshire tae the sooth, an Flintshire an Wrexham in Wales tae the wast. The coonty is a pairt o the Welsh Mairches.

Cheshire's aurie is  an its population is aroond 700,000. Apairt frae the muckle touns alang the River Mersey an the historic ceety o Chester, it is maistly rural, wi a number o sma touns an veelages that support an agricultural industry. It is historically famous as a umwhile principality an for the production o Cheshire cheese, salt, bulk chemicals, an woven silk.

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Category:Inglis unitary authorities creatit in 2009
Category:Unitary authorities o Ingland
Category:Umwhile nan-metropolitan coonties
Category:North Wast Ingland
Category:NUTS 2 statistical regions o the Unitit Kinrick