Copeland, Cumbria

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Borough of Copeland
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 (2005 est.) - Density	Ranked 311th 71,500 97 / km²
Ethnicity:	99.3% White
Politics
Copeland Borough Council http://www.copelandbc.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Labour
MP:	Jamie Reed

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

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]

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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