List of settlements in Cheshire by population

Population ranking

#	Settlement	Council area	Population
#	Settlement	Council area	2001	2011	2021
1	Warrington	Warrington	157,860	165,456	174,954
2	Chester	Cheshire West and Chester	81,650	86,011	92,742
3	Crewe	Cheshire East	67,760	71,722	74,123
4	Runcorn	Halton	60,320	61,789	61,635
5	Widnes	Halton	55,680	61,464	59,939
6	Ellesmere Port	Cheshire West and Chester	62,510	61,090	65,421
7	Macclesfield	Cheshire East	54,440	56,581	54,340
8	Northwich	Cheshire West and Chester	42,820	45,471	50,531
9	Winsford	Cheshire West and Chester	29,440	30,259	35,000
10	Wilmslow	Cheshire East	34,090	35,945	26,000
11	Congleton	Cheshire East	25,510	26,178
12	Sandbach	Cheshire East	17,630	17,976
13	Nantwich	Cheshire East	13,450	17,226
14	Poynton	Cheshire East	15,442	15,282
15	Neston	Cheshire West and Chester	15,018	15,064
16	Middlewich	Cheshire East	13,100	13,595
17	Alsager	Cheshire East	14,178	13,347
18	Knutsford	Cheshire East	12,656	13,191
19	Lymm	Warrington	9,830	11,608
20	Frodsham	Cheshire West and Chester	8,908	9,032
21	Bollington	Cheshire East	6,880	7,373
22	Culcheth	Warrington	6,730	6,708
23	Weaverham	Cheshire West and Chester	6,293	6,087
24	Holmes Chapel	Cheshire East	5,669	5,605
25	Helsby	Cheshire West and Chester	4,911	5,166
26	Haslington	Cheshire East	5,075	4,855

v t e Ceremonial county of Cheshire
Cheshire Portal
Unitary authorities	Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Halton Warrington
Major settlements (cities in italics)	Alsager Birchwood Bollington Chester Congleton Crewe Culcheth Ellesmere Port Frodsham Handforth Holmes Chapel Knutsford Lymm Macclesfield Malpas Middlewich Nantwich Neston Northwich Poynton Runcorn Sandbach Warrington Widnes Wilmslow Winsford See also: List of civil parishes in Cheshire
Rivers	Bollin Croco Dane Dean Dee Gowy Goyt Mersey Weaver Waldron Wheelock
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