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Chorley is a market town in Lancashire, in North West England. It is the largest settlement in the Borough of Chorley. Chorley is located north of Wigan south west of Blackburn, north west of Bolton south of Preston and north west of Manchester. As in much of Lancashire, the town's wealth came principally from the cotton industry, although it also became a major market town due to its central location between four other towns. As recently as the 1970s the skyline was dominated by numerous factory chimneys, but most have now been demolished: remnants of the industrial past include Morrison's chimney and a few other mill buildings, and the streets of terraced houses for mill workers. Chorley is the home of the Chorley cake. Chorley's population increased from 31,556 in 2001 to 34,667 in 2011.〔The sum of the ward populations 6,823 ((Chorley East )), 6,651 ((Chorley North East )), 5,961 ((Chorley North West )), 6,635 ((Chorley South East )) and 8,597 ((Chorley South West )), all accessed 25 August 2015, ''UK Census Data''.〕 ==History== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chorley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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