Copeland, England
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Borough of Copeland | |
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Shown within Cumbria | |
Geography | |
Status: | Borough |
Region: | North West England |
Admin. County: | Cumbria |
Area: - Total | Ranked 52nd 737.59 km² |
Admin. HQ: | Whitehaven |
ONS code: | 16UE |
Demographics | |
Population: - Total (2003 est.) - Density | Ranked 315th 69,411 94 / km² |
Ethnicity: | 99.3% White |
Politics | |
Copeland Borough Council http://www.copelandbc.gov.uk/ | |
Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
Executive: | Labour |
MP: | Jamie Reed |
Copeland is a local government district and borough in western Cumbria, England. Its council is based in Whitehaven. It was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the borough of Whitehaven, Ennerdale Rural District and Millom Rural District.
The name is derived from an alternate name for the Cumberland ward of Allerdale above Derwent, which covered roughly the same area.
Districts of England - North West England | |
Allerdale | Barrow-in-Furness | Blackburn with Darwen | Blackpool | Bolton | Burnley | Bury | Carlisle | Chester | Chorley | Congleton | Copeland | Crewe and Nantwich | Eden | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Fylde | Halton | Hyndburn | Knowsley | Lancaster | Liverpool | Macclesfield | Manchester | Oldham | Pendle | Preston | Ribble Valley | Rochdale | Rossendale | St Helens | Salford | Sefton | South Lakeland | South Ribble | Stockport | Tameside | Trafford | Vale Royal | Warrington | West Lancashire | Wigan | Wirral | Wyre | |
Administrative counties with multiple districts: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside |