Cumbria
Geography
Status	Ceremonial & Non-metropolitan county
Origin	1974
Region	North West England
Area - Total - Admin. council	Ranked 3rd 6,768 km2 (2,613 sq mi) Ranked 2nd
Admin HQ	Carlisle
ISO 3166-2	GB-CMA
ONS code	16
NUTS 3	UKD11/12
Demography
Population - Total (2005 est.) - Density - Admin. council	Ranked 41st 498,800 73/km2 (190/sq mi) Ranked 27th
Ethnicity	97.5% White British
Politics
Cumbria County Council http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/
Executive	Conservative / Liberal Democrats
Members of Parliament	Tony Cunningham Tim Farron Robbie Dee David Maclean Eric Martlew Jamie Reed
Districts
Barrow-in-Furness South Lakeland Copeland Allerdale Eden Carlisle

Cumbria is a county in England. It is in the very north-western part of England on the border with Scotland. The most important and biggest town is Carlisle, in the north of the county. This is the county town and there is an ancient (very old) castle in the centre of the town.