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Nicholforest is a civil parish in Cumbria, England bordering Scotland. The parish covers an area that extends about 10 miles east to west and 2 miles north to south. The area was once an extensive forest between England and Scotland, and was a centre for commercial forestry by the Forestry Commission. Today there are still many trees, watered by the River Liddle In 1870-72 John Marius Wilson's ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' described the landscape as: :"The surface is hilly. The streams Kershope and Liddel here form several cascades." ==Demographics== According to National Statistics (2011) the population of Nicholforest accounted to 372. Over the designated area of the Nicholsforest parish in 2011 this accounted to a population density of 0.1² person per hectare, this is lower than both the Non-metropolitan area of Carlisle in Cumbria; at 1.0² person per hectare, and also the average population density of England at 4.1² persons per hectare. According to Neighbourhood Statistic all 177 dwellings within the Parish are Unshared dwellings with the majority of those lying between 2 and 4 bedrooms. Nicholforest experiences slightly lower Unemployment levels (3.1%) than both Carlisle (3.6%) and England (4.4%) but has higher proprtion of retirees (22.3% compared with 15.5% and 13.7% respectively). Since 1881 employment structure in Nicholforest has remained dedicated to the agricultural sector, as this remains the most prominent sector followed by Wholesale and Retail Trade.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=11126989&c=nicholforest&d=16&e=61&g=6411676&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1429738946172&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2513 )〕 It may be noteworthy that the depicted uncharacteristic rise in population starting in 1941 census data occurred as a result of changing border boundaries in 1939.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/border.html )〕 The Nicholforest Parish has characteristics of an affluent Rural area with little services or significant economy activity within the Parish borders, and is mostly used for residential purposes only. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nicholforest」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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