Wp/nth/Cumbria

Cumbria (/ˈkʌmbriə) is a ceremonial coonty i North West England, borderin Scotland. It cam intiv existence i 1974 efter the passage o the Local Govrenment Act 1972. Iv April 2023, it wes abolished as an administrative area, wiv aa administrative functions taen ower by Westmorland and Furness and Cumberland. Cumbria's mucklest sattlement is Carlisle at is the main economic hub o Cumbria. As weel as Carlisle other notable sattlements includes Barra-in-Furness, Kendal, Whitehaven, Workington, Cockermooth, Alston, Keswick, Dalton-in-Furness, Ulverston, Appleby-in-Westmorland, Kirkby Stephen and Penrith.

Atween 1974 and 2023, Cumbria wes a non-metropolitan coonty divided inte six districts; Allerdale, Barra-i-Furness, Carlisle, Copeland, Eden and Sooth Lakeland.

Cumbria is the third largest ceremonial coonty iv England biv area. It is boonded te the north-east by Northumberland, the east by Coonty Durham, the sooth-east by North Yorkshire, the sooth by Lancashire, the west by the Irish Sea, and the north by Dumfries and Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale i Scotland. In 2019, Cumbria had a population o 500,012 makin it ane o the maist sparsely populated ceremonial coonties iv England, wi 73.4 people per km2 (190/sq mi).