List of cities in Connecticut

Bridgeport, Largest City in Connecticut

New Haven

Hartford, Capital of Connecticut

Stamford

Waterbury

This page lists all municipalities that have been incorporated as cities in the U.S. state of Connecticut. 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 cities are listed on a separate table below.

Note that towns in Connecticut are allowed to adopt a city form of government without the need to re-incorporate as a 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.

City	Date chartered as city	Date consolidated with town
Ansonia	1893	1893
Bridgeport	1836	1889
Bristol	1911	1911
Danbury	1889	1965
Derby	1893	1893
Groton	1964	Not consolidated
Hartford	1784	1896
Meriden	1867	1922
Middletown	1784	1924
Milford	1959	1959
New Britain	1870	1906
New Haven	1784	1897
New London	1784	1874
Norwalk	1893	1913
Norwich	1784	1952
Shelton	1915	1915
Stamford	1893	1949
Torrington	1923	1923
Waterbury	1853	1902
West Haven	1961	1961
Winsted Administered by the town of Winchester	1917	1915

Former City	Date chartered as city	Date of disestablishment	Disposition
South Norwalk	1871	1913	Consolidated with Town and City of Norwalk in 1913. Now a neighborhood and a taxing district
Rockville	1889	1965	Consolidated with the Town of Vernon. Now a CDP .
Willimantic	1893	1983	Now a CDP in the town of Windham
Putnam	1895	1984	Now a CDP in the town of Putnam

See also

• List of towns in Connecticut
• List of municipalities of Connecticut by population
• Administrative divisions of Connecticut