Civil Parishes In Cumbria
A civil parish is a subnational entity, forming the lowest unit of local government in England. There are 282 civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, most of the county being parished: Allerdale and South Lakeland are entirely parished. At the 2001 census, there were 319,904 people living in the 282 parishes, accounting for 65.6 per cent of the county's population.
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