Eden District

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former local government district

Eden District was a former local government district in Cumbria, England, known for its largely rural landscape, market towns, and the scenic River Eden valley.

Aliases (2)

Eden District Council ×1
Eden district ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former local government district →
abolishedOnDate	2023-04-01 →
administrativeCentre	Penrith →
areaRankInEngland	one of the largest by area →
borderedBy	Allerdale → Carlisle → Lancaster → Northumberland → Richmondshire → Scotland → South Lakeland →
characteristic	largely rural →
contains	Alston → Appleby-in-Westmorland → Eden Valley → Kirkby Stephen → North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty → Penrith → River Eden → part of the Howgill Fells → part of the Lake District National Park → part of the Pennines → part of the Yorkshire Dales National Park →
councilHeadquarters	Penrith Town Hall →
country	United Kingdom →
dateEstablished	1974-04-01 →
electoralSystem	first-past-the-post →
governingBody	Eden District Council →
governmentType	non-metropolitan district →
hasCouncilType	district council →
ISO3166-2Code	GB-EDN →
knownFor	market towns → scenic River Eden valley →
lastCouncilElectionYear	2019 →
legislatedBy	Local Government Act 1972 →
locatedIn	England → historic county of Cumberland (part) → historic county of Westmorland (part) →
namedAfter	River Eden →
partOf	Cumbria →
populationCharacteristic	sparsely populated →
region	North West England →
replacedBy	Westmorland and Furness →
timeZone	BST → GMT →
website	https://www.eden.gov.uk/ →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Eden District ("Eden District Council") →	governingBody
River Eden (part) →	locatedIn
Eden Valley ("Eden district") →	partOf
River Eden →	region