Carlisle
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local government district of Cumbria, England, UK (1973-2023)
Key facts
- Sovereign state
- United Kingdom
- Country
- England
- Ceremonial county
- Cumbria
- Historic county
- Cumberland
- Admin hq
- Carlisle
- Founded
- 1 April 1974 ( 1974-04-01 )
- Abolished
- 31 March 2023 ( 2023-03-31 )
- Type
- City
- Governing body
- Carlisle City Council
- Total
- 401.53 sq mi (1,039.97 km )
- Density
- 274.584/sq mi (106.017/km )
- Ethnicity
- 97.6% White, 0.9% South Asian, 0.6% Mixed, 0.2% Black, 0.5% Chinese or Other
- Time zone
- UTC+0 ( Greenwich Mean Time )
- Postcode
- CA postcode area
- Ons code
- 16UD (ONS), E07000028 (GSS)
- Os grid reference
- NY394555
- Website
- www.carlisle.gov.uk
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- borough in the United Kingdom
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Cumbria
- Contains
- Arthuret
- Capital
- Carlisle
- Population
- 108000
- Area
- 1039.2979
- Shares border with
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Official website
- www.carlisle.gov.uk
- Image
- The Old Town Hall, Carlisle (geograph 7247695).jpg
- Households
- 50429
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- twinned administrative body
- Flensburg
- Commons category
- City of Carlisle
- topic's main category
- Category:City of Carlisle
- contains settlement
- Carlisle
- inception
- 1974-04-01
- mean age
- 41.3
- different from
- Carlisle
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2023-03-31
- replaced by
- Cumberland
- located in the present-day administrative territorial entity
- Cumberland
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Encyclopedic overview
The City of Carlisle (/kɑːrˈlaɪl/ kar-LYLE, locally /ˈkɑːrlaɪl/ KAR-lyle) was a local government district of Cumbria, England, with the status of a city. It was named after its largest settlement, Carlisle, but covered a far larger area which included the towns of Brampton and Longtown, as well as outlying villages including Dalston, Scotby and Wetheral. In 2011 the district had a population of 107,524, and an area of 1,039.97 square kilometres (402 sq mi).
The district boundaries were set as part of the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, and covered an amalgamation of two former local government districts, the City and County Borough of Carlisle and the Border Rural District of Cumberland. The district shared a border with Scotland (to the north), and was bounded on the southwest by the borough of Allerdale, and on the south by the district of Eden. The county of Northumberland was to the east.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Carlisle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.