Cumbria
| Cumbria | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Ceremonial & Administrative County |
| Region: | North West England |
| Area: - Total - Admin. council | Ranked 3rd 6,768 km² Ranked 2nd |
| Admin HQ: | Carlisle |
| GB-CMA | |
| ONS code: | 16 |
| NUTS 3: | UKD11/12 |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density - Admin. council | Ranked 41st 488,513 72 / km² Ranked 28th |
| Ethnicity: | 99.3% White |
| Politics | |
 Cumbria County Council http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/ | |
| Executive: | Conservative & Liberal Democrat |
| Members of Parliament | |
| Tim Collins, Jack Cunningham, Tony Cunningham, John Hutton, David Maclean, Eric Martlew | |
| Districts | |
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Cumbria is a county located in the North West of England. The boundaries are along the Irish Sea to the West, and along the Pennines to the East. Its Northern boundary stretches from the Solway Firth to Morecambe Bay along the Scottish border.
It borders on Northumberland, County Durham, North Yorkshire, Lancashire, and the Lieutenancy areas of Dumfries and Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale in Scotland.
It is made up of six districts: Allerdale, Barrow-in-Furness, Carlisle, Copeland, Eden and South Lakeland.
Cumbria was created in 1974, and covers the traditional counties of Cumberland and Westmorland, plus the Furness part of Lancashire, and a protusion of Yorkshire. The name 'Cumbria' and been used for the region for centuries. The area was inhabited by Celts until quite late (see Rheged), and the name derives from their name for the area, in the Cumbric language. It is etymologically connected to the Welsh language term 'Cymru' meaning Wales.
Cumbria is home to one of the most beautiful areas of Britain, the Lake District National Park.
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2 People and Places of Interest 3 Options for change |
Towns and Villages
People and Places of Interest
Options for change
On May 25, 2004 the Boundary Committee for England published its final recommendations for systems of Unitary Authorities to be implemented if proposals for elected Regional Assemblies are approved by referendums in three northern Regions of England. They put forward two options for each County Council area, which the electorate will be asked to choose between at the same time as the Assembly Referendums.
For Cumbria the options are
- a single authority for the existing County
- a single authority for the northern part of the County, with the southern part joined with Lancaster in Lancashire
Option 1
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| Option 2
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Option 2 (right)
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