Cheshire East
Cheshire East is a unitary authority area with borough status in Cheshire, England. The local authority is Cheshire East Council, which is based in the town of Sandbach. Other towns within the area include Crewe, Macclesfield, Congleton, Wilmslow, Nantwich, Poynton, Knutsford, Alsager, Bollington and Handforth.
Cheshire East | |
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Unitary authority area and borough | |
Crewe, a historic railway town and the largest town in Cheshire East | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Motto: Working together for excellence | |
Cheshire East shown within Cheshire | |
| Coordinates: 53.146°N 2.367°W | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | England |
| Region | North West |
| Ceremonial county | Cheshire |
| Incorporated | 1 April 2009 |
| Administrative HQ | Sandbach |
| Government | |
| • Type | Unitary authority with committee system |
| • Body | Cheshire East Council |
| • Control | Labour and Independent coalition |
| • Leader | Sam Corcoran (L) |
| • Mayor | Rod Fletcher |
| • Chief Executive | Rob Polkinghorne |
| • House of Commons | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 450 sq mi (1,166 km2) |
| • Rank | 19th |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 400,528 |
| • Rank | 16th |
| • Density | 890/sq mi (343/km2) |
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| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
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| ISO 3166 code | GB-CHE |
| GSS code | E06000049 |
| ITL code | TLD62 |
| GVA | 2021 estimate |
| • Total | £14.6 billion |
| • Per capita | £36,559 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2021 estimate |
| • Total | £16.1 billion |
| • Per capita | £40,142 |
| Website | cheshireeast |
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