Chester (district)

City of Chester
Area
• 1974	110,729 acres (448.10 km2)[1]
Population
• 1973	116,820[1]
• 1992	119,500[2]
• 2001	118,210
History
• Origin	Chester County Borough Chester Rural District Tarvin Rural District
• Created	1 April 1974
• Abolished	31 March 2009
• Succeeded by	Cheshire West and Chester
Status	Non-metropolitan district, city
ONS code	13UB
Government	Chester City Council
• HQ	Chester
• Motto	Antiqui Colant Antiquum Dierum (Let the Ancients worship the Ancient of Days)
Subdivisions
• Type	Civil parishes

Chester was a non-metropolitan local government district of Cheshire, England from 1974 to 2009. It had the status of a city and a borough, and the local authority was called Chester City Council.

Apart from Chester itself, which was the principal settlement, the district covered a large rural area. Other settlements included Malpas and Tarvin.