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n. A county of Northern England bordering Lancashire, North Yorkshire, County Durham and Northumberland.
Wikipedia
Cumbria ( ; locally ) is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's county town is Carlisle to the north, and the only other major urban area is Barrow-in-Furness on the south-western tip of the county.
The county of Cumbria consists of six districts ( Allerdale, Barrow-in-Furness, Carlisle, Copeland, Eden and South Lakeland), and in 2008 had a population of just under half a million. Cumbria is one of the most sparsely populated counties in the United Kingdom, with 73.4 people per km (190/sq mi).
Cumbria, the third-largest ceremonial county in England by area, is bounded to the north by the Scottish council areas of Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders, to the west by the Irish Sea, to the south by Lancashire, to the southeast by North Yorkshire, and to the east by County Durham and Northumberland.
Cumbria is predominantly rural and contains the Lake District and Lake District National Park, considered one of England's most outstanding areas of natural beauty, serving as inspiration for artists, writers, and musicians. A large area of the south east of the county is within the Yorkshire Dales National Park while the east of the county fringes the North Pennines AONB. Much of Cumbria is mountainous, and it contains every peak in England over above sea level, with Scafell Pike at being the highest point of England. An upland, coastal, and rural area, Cumbria's history is characterised by invasions, migration, and settlement, as well as battles and skirmishes between the English and the Scots. Notable historic sites in Cumbria include Carlisle Castle, Furness Abbey, Hardknott Roman Fort, Brough Castle and Hadrian's Wall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in Great Britain. The European Parliament constituencies used under that system were smaller than the later regional constituencies and only had one Member of the European Parliament each.
Created for the 1979 European Parliament elections in 1979, Cumbria was a single-member constituency formed from the grouping of numerous neighbouring British Parliament constituencies.
The constituency saw only one election under the chosen boundaries, with the county of Cumbria and electors in Westminster constituencies as far south as the Fylde coast electing its MEP as one constituency in 1979 only. In subsequent elections, the constituency became the expanded Cumbria and Lancashire North.
Usage examples of "cumbria".
Augusta, her head snugly against his shoulder again, thought sleepily that Uldale was in Cumbria what could there be there that was so important?
They were well on their way now, in Cumbria, having travelled over three hundred miles, but the Bentley had made light of it and for the greater part of the time Raf had kept to the motorway, but now they were in charming country, with Bassenthwaite Lake on one side of them and Thomwaite Forest on the other, and the old coaching inn showing welcoming lights as they stopped before its door.
Ella is going on one of these school trips climbing in Cumbria and Carol is going to Paris to stay with some friends others.
Head in North Carolina, the Sphinx Rock in Wast Water, Cumbria, England, the Old Woman in France, the Vartan Rock in Armenia.
He had long coveted Cumbria, and wanted this conquest with uncommon ferocity.
Malcolm would not hesitate to add both Northumbria and Cumbria to Scotland, so he would easily welcome her aid against Rufus.
King William II, called Rufus, marched north into Cumbria and captured Carlisle, and established the northern border of England at the Solway Firth, where it has remained for over 800 years.
Keating as `one of the most consistently interesting crime writers of his generation', although he himself likes to keep a low profile and lives quietly in Cumbria with, he says, `my cats and my conscience'.