Copeland (borough)

Copeland (borough)
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for the constituency of the same name see Copeland (UK Parliament constituency)

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Geography
Borough of Copeland
Shown within Cumbria
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 (2007 est.): Density:	Ranked 315th 70,400 95 / km²
Ethnicity:	99.3% White
Politics
Copeland Borough Council http://www.copelandbc.gov.uk/

Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Labour
MPs:	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.

Different explanations exist for the name. According to a document issued at the time of the borough's grant of arms, the name Copeland is derived from kaupland or bought land, the area of the Forest having been bought from the estate of St Bees Priory.¹

References

^ Arms of Copeland Borough Council, document issued at time of grant of arms

Districts of 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
Counties with multiple districts: Cheshire • Cumbria • Greater Manchester • Lancashire • Merseyside

v • d • e Ceremonial county of Cumbria

Cumbria Portal

Boroughs or districts	City of Carlisle • Borough of Allerdale • Borough of Barrow-in-Furness • Borough of Copeland • District of Eden • District of South Lakeland

Cities and towns	Alston • Ambleside • Appleby-in-Westmorland • Aspatria • Barrow-in-Furness • Bowness-on-Windermere • Brampton • Broughton-in-Furness • Carlisle • Cleator Moor • Cockermouth • Dalton-in-Furness • Egremont • Grange-over-Sands • Harrington • Heversham • Kendal • Keswick • Kirkby Lonsdale • Kirkby Stephen • Longtown • Maryport • Millom • Milnthorpe • Penrith • Sedbergh • Silloth • Ulverston • Whitehaven • Wigton • Windermere • Workington • See also: List of civil parishes in Cumbria

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