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Cumbria

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Cumbria

Geography
Status	Ceremonial & Non-metropolitan county
Origin	1974
Region	North West England
Area - Total - Admin. council	Ranked 3rd 6,768 km² Ranked 2nd
Admin HQ	Carlisle
ISO 3166-2	GB-CMA
ONS code	16
NUTS 3	UKD11/12
Demographics
Population - Total (2004 est. ) - Density - Admin. Council	Ranked / km² Ranked
Ethnicity	99.3% White
Politics
Cumbria County Council http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/
Executive
Members of Parliament	Tony Cunningham Tim Farron John Hutton David Maclean Eric Martlew Jamie Reed
Districts
Barrow-in-Furness South Lakeland Copeland Allerdale Eden Carlisle

Cumbria is a county in the North West region of England.

Cumbria is home to the Lake District National Park, considered one of the most beautiful areas of the United Kingdom. The area has provided inspiration for generations of British and foreign artists, writers and musicians.

The highest point of the county (and of the whole of England) is Scafell Pike at 978 m (3209 ft). In fact, all the land in England that is over 3,000 feet is in this county.

Parts of Hadrian's Wall can be found in the northernmost reaches of the county, in and around Carlisle.

Boundaries and divisions

Cumbria is neighboured by Northumberland, County Durham, North Yorkshire, Lancashire, and the Lieutenancy areas of Dumfries and Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale in Scotland.

The boundaries are along the Irish Sea to Morecambe Bay in the west, and along the Pennines to the east. Cumbria's northern boundary stretches from the Solway Firth along the border with Scotland to Northumberland.

It is made up of six districts: Allerdale, Barrow-in-Furness, Carlisle, Copeland, Eden and South Lakeland.

The county returns 6 MPs to the House of Commons representing the constituencies of Carlisle, Penrith & The Border, Workington, Copeland, Westmorland and Lonsdale and Barrow & Furness.

History

The modern county of Cumbria was created in 1974, by combining the area of the abolished administrative counties of Cumberland and Westmorland, plus the Furness part of Lancashire, and a protrusion of Yorkshire (the former Sedbergh Rural District). The name "Cumbria" has been used for the region for centuries.

Following the creation of Cumbria as a non-metropolitan county, some people, particularly those born or brought up in the area, prefer to refer to the Furness area by its traditional county name of "Lancashire". Others, including local government, promotional material for the area, the Lake District National Park Authority, and most visitors describe the area as being in "Cumbria".

The culture of the area was predominantly Celtic 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 term Cymru, meaning "Wales". Cumbria remains one of the most Celtic areas of England.

Dialect

The Cumbrian dialect is spoken throughout the region. There is quite a large variation in accent and words, especially between north and south.

Economy

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of East Cumbria at current basic prices published (pp.240-253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.

Year	Regional Gross Value Added4	Agriculture1	Industry2	Services3
1995	2,679	148	902	1,629
2000	2,843	120	809	1,914
2003	3,388	129	924	2,335

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of West Cumbria at current basic prices published (pp.240-253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.

Year	Regional Gross Value Added4	Agriculture1	Industry2	Services3
1995	2,246	63	1,294	888
2000	2,415	53	1,212	1,150
2003	2,870	60	1,420	1,390

Note 1: includes hunting and forestry

Note 2: includes energy and construction

Note 3: includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

Note 4: Components may not sum to totals due to rounding

Towns and villages

See the List of places in Cumbria.

People of interest

• Sir John Barrow
• Chris Bonington
• Donald Campbell
• Fletcher Christian
• Samuel Taylor Coleridge
• Douglas Ferreira
• Margaret Fell
• Francis Howgill
• Stan Laurel
• Norman Nicholson
• Beatrix Potter
• Hardwicke Rawnsley
• George Romney
• John Ruskin
• Alfred Wainwright
• William Wordsworth
• British Sea Power

Places of interest

• Bassenthwaite Lake
• Brantwood
• Buttermere
• Cartmel Priory
• Cockermouth, "Gem" Town
• Coniston Water
• Crummock Water
• Cumbria Coastal Way long distance footpath
• Cumbria Way long distance footpath
• Dales Way long distance footpath
• Derwent Water
• Eden Valley Railway — heritage railway
• Ennerdale Water
• Firbank Fell
• Fisher Tarn Reservoir
• Furness Abbey
• Haig Colliery Mining Museum
• Harrison Stickle
• Hartley Castle
• Haweswater
• Hodbarrow Nature Reserve
• Holker Hall
• Kentmere
• Killington Reservoir
• Kirkby Lonsdale
• Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway — heritage railway
• Windermere (the lake)
• Lanercost Priory
• Levens Hall
• The former site of the Beast Banks post office in Longsleddale.
• Millom Folk Museum
• National Nature Reserves in Cumbria
• Pennine Way long distance footpath
• Piel Island
• Quaker tapestry, Kendal
• RAF Millom Museum
• Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway — heritage railway
• Rheged
• Rydal Water
• Seathwaite Tarn
• Sellafield Nuclear Reprocessing Facility
• Sizergh Castle & Garden
• Staveley
• Swarthmoor Hall
• Thirlmere
• Ullswater
• Wast Water
• Whitehaven
• Whinfell Forest

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