List of municipalities in Connecticut


The U.S. state of Connecticut is divided into 169 municipalities, including 19 cities, 149 towns and one borough, which are grouped into eight historical counties, as well as nine planning regions which serve as county equivalents.
Towns traditionally have a town meeting form of government; under the Home Rule Act, however, towns are free to choose their own government structure. Nineteen of the towns in Connecticut are consolidated city-towns, and one is a consolidated borough-town.
City incorporation requires a Special Act by the Connecticut General Assembly. All cities in Connecticut are dependent municipalities, meaning they are located within and subordinate to a town. However, except for one, all currently existing cities in Connecticut are consolidated with their parent town. Former inner-cities are listed in a separate table below.
Towns in Connecticut are allowed to adopt a city form of government without the need to re-incorporate as an inner-city. Connecticut state law also makes no distinction between a consolidated town/city and a regular town. Bolded city names indicate the state's largest cities, with the most populated being Bridgeport. Currently, Tolland County and Windham County are the only counties in Connecticut without a single city in them.

Cities

There are currently 21 cities in Connecticut and those with a population greater than 100,000 are listed in bold.
CityCountyPlanning regionPopulation Date chartered as cityDate consolidated with town
AnsoniaNew HavenNaugatuck Valley18,91818931893
BridgeportFairfieldGreater Bridgeport148,65418361889
BristolHartfordNaugatuck Valley60,83319111911
DanburyFairfieldWestern Connecticut86,51818891965
DerbyNew HavenNaugatuck Valley12,32518931893
GrotonNew LondonSoutheastern Connecticut9,3491964Not consolidated
HartfordHartfordCapitol121,05417841896
MeridenNew HavenSouth Central60,85018671922
MiddletownMiddlesexLower Connecticut River Valley47,71717841924
MilfordNew HavenSouth Central50,55819591959
New BritainHartfordCapitol74,13518701906
New HavenNew HavenSouth Central134,02317841897
New LondonNew LondonSoutheastern Connecticut27,36717841874
NorwalkFairfieldWestern Connecticut91,18418931913
NorwichNew LondonSoutheastern Connecticut40,12517841952
SheltonFairfieldNaugatuck Valley40,86919151915
StamfordFairfieldWestern Connecticut135,47018931949
TorringtonLitchfieldNorthwest Hills35,51519231923
WaterburyNew HavenNaugatuck Valley114,40318531902
West HavenNew HavenSouth Central55,58419611961
WinstedLitchfieldNorthwest Hills7,712 19171915

Former cities

Boroughs