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Chester is a city on the River Dee, near the border with Wales. It is the second-largest settlement in Cheshire after Warrington, with a population of nearly 80,000 in 2011, and as of 2019 serves as Cheshire West and Chester's administrative headquarters.
It was founded as the
fall to the Normans. A castle was built to dominate both the town and the Welsh border. City status
was granted in 1541.
Chester is among the best-preserved
walled cities in Britain, with its walls almost complete, and several surviving medieval buildings. The Industrial Revolution brought railways, canals and new roads. Substantial Victorian development included the town hall and Grosvenor Museum, as well as the many Black-and-white Revival
buildings in the centre. Tourism, shops and financial services are important to the modern economy.