Editing Cambridgeshire (section)

== Settlements ==
[[File:Cambridge-260x345.jpg|thumb|Map of the Cambridgeshire area (1904).]]
{{Main list|Civil parishes in Cambridgeshire|List of Cambridgeshire settlements by population}}

These are the settlements in Cambridgeshire with a town charter, city status or a population over 5,000; for a complete list of settlements see [[list of places in Cambridgeshire]].
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* [[Burwell, Cambridgeshire|Burwell]]
* [[Cambridge]]
* [[Chatteris]]
* [[Cottenham]]
* [[Ely, Cambridgeshire|Ely]]
* [[Godmanchester]]
* [[Huntingdon]]
* [[Littleport, Cambridgeshire|Littleport]]
* [[March, Cambridgeshire|March]]
* [[Peterborough]]
* [[Ramsey, Cambridgeshire|Ramsey]]
* [[Sawston]]
* [[Sawtry]]
* [[Soham]]
* [[St Ives, Cambridgeshire|St Ives]]
* [[St Neots]]
* [[Wisbech]]
* [[Whittlesey]]
* [[Yaxley, Cambridgeshire|Yaxley]]
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See the [[List of Cambridgeshire settlements by population]] page for more detail.

The town of [[Newmarket, Suffolk|Newmarket]] is surrounded on three sides by Cambridgeshire, being connected by a narrow strip of land to the rest of [[Suffolk]].

Cambridgeshire has seen 32,869 dwellings created from 2002 to 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/0572165A-F1B4-4B00-8C84-60EAEB967CF1/0/SummaryReportHousingDevelopmentinCambridgeshire2013.pdf|title=Housing Development in Cambridgeshire 2013|access-date=5 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224104821/http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/0572165A-F1B4-4B00-8C84-60EAEB967CF1/0/SummaryReportHousingDevelopmentinCambridgeshire2013.pdf|archive-date=24 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> and there are a further 35,360 planned new dwellings between 2016 and 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/5F648A82-2C02-4645-A5B0-A8777045F499/0/TableH21DwellingCommitmentsbyDistrict.pdf|title=Dwelling Commitments in Cambridgeshire|access-date=5 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224094518/http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/5F648A82-2C02-4645-A5B0-A8777045F499/0/TableH21DwellingCommitmentsbyDistrict.pdf|archive-date=24 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>