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Copeland

Former local government district with borough status in western Cumbria, England

Citynon-metropolitan district borough in the United KingdomQ1131007

Also known as Borough of Copeland

Country: United Kingdom
Located in: Cumbria
Population: 68,424(2018)
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1.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesforukenglandandwalesscotlandandnorthernireland
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, 69,600(2015)
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1.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesforukenglandandwalesscotlandandnorthernireland
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, 70,300(2012)
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1.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationprojections/datasets/localauthoritiesinenglandtable2
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Area: 731.7419 km²(2016)
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1.ons.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=a79de233ad254a6d9f76298e666abb2b
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Founded: April 1, 1974
Website: copelandbc.gov.uk

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The Borough of Copeland was a local government district with borough status in western Cumbria, England. Its council was based in Whitehaven. It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the Borough of Whitehaven, Ennerdale Rural District and Millom Rural District. The population of the Non-Metropolitan district was 69,318 according to the 2001 census, increasing to 70,603 at the 2011 Census.

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Capital: Whitehaven
Legislative body: council of Copeland Borough Council
Authority: Copeland Borough Council
Replaced by: Cumberland(April 1, 2023)
Dissolved: April 1, 2023 cause: The Cumbria (Structural Changes) Order 2022
Located in the present-day administrative territorial entity: Cumberland

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54.4310, -3.3890OpenStreetMap ↗

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