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Ареалы распространения вариан-
тов английского языка.
Камбрия. Cumbria (
ˈ
k
ʌ
mbri
ə
/, locally [
ˈ
k
ʊ
mb
ɾ
i
ə
]) is a
non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county
and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into exis-
tence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act
1972.
Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle
and the only other major urban area is Barrow-in-Furness on the
south-western tip of the county
which has a population just
slightly smaller than Carlisle.
The county of Cumbria consists of six districts, and in
2008 had a population of just under half a million. Cumbria is
one of the most sparsely populated counties in the United King-
dom, with 73.4 people per km2 (190/sq mi). In comparison, the
Borough of Barrow-in-Furness,
in the south, has a population
density over twelve times this at 921/km2 (2,385.3/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 Northumber-
land.
Cumbria is predominantly rural and contains the Lake Dis-
trict and Lake District National Park, considered one of Eng-
land's most outstanding areas of natural beauty, serving as inspi-
ration for artists, writers and musicians.
Much of Cumbria is mountainous, and it contains every
peak in England over 900 metres (3,000 ft) above sea level, with
Scafell Pike at 978 metres (3,209 ft)
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 Scottish. Historic