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'''Northumberland''' is a ceremonial county in the North East of [[England]], lying along the border with [[Scotland]] to the north and bounded by the [[North Sea]] to the east and the English counties of [[Cumbria]] to the west and [[Durham]] and [[Tyne and Wear]] to the south.  

'''Northumberland''' is a county in the North East of England. It is bound to the north by Scotland, the east by the North Sea, the south by [[County Durham]] and the south west by [[Cumberland]].

The county has a land area of 1,936 square miles, with a population of 316,028 at the 2011 census. It is predominantly rural, although the south-east of the county contains several former coal mining towns and villages. The county town is [[Morpeth]]; other important towns include [[Berwick upon Tweed]], [[Alnwick]], [[Hexham]] and Haltwhistle.  

The county has a land area of 2,018 square miles, with a population of around 800,000 according to Wikishire in 2024. It is predominantly rural, although the south-east of the county contains several former coal mining towns and villages. The county town is [[Morpeth]], while the largest settlement is the city of [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]; other important towns include [[Berwick upon Tweed]], [[Alnwick]], [[Hexham]], Haltwhistle, [[North Shields]] and [[Tynemouth]].  

Northumberland is one of the most ancient counties in England, with a distinct identity (as part of the old Anglo-Saxon kingdom of [[Northumbria]]) dating back to the mid-7th century AD. [[Hadrian's Wall]] crosses the southern part of Northumberland; other major historic sites in the county include the island of [[Lindisfarne]] or [[Holy Island]], and medieval fortresses at Bamburgh, Norham, Dunstanburgh, Alnwick, Warkworth and elsewhere. In Berwick, Northumberland has England's only sixteenth century walled town. The traditional county of Northumberland also included areas of [[Tyneside]] north of the [[River Tyne]] including the city of [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]] (which, however, was made an independent county as early as 1400) and [[North Tyneside]]. These two districts became part of the administrative and ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear in 1974.

Northumberland is one of the most ancient counties in England, with a distinct identity (as part of the old Anglo-Saxon kingdom of [[Northumbria]]) dating back to the mid-7th century AD. [[Hadrian's Wall]] crosses the southern part of Northumberland; other major historic sites in the county include the island of [[Lindisfarne]] or [[Holy Island]], and medieval fortresses at Bamburgh, Norham, Dunstanburgh, Alnwick, Warkworth and elsewhere. In Berwick, Northumberland has England's only sixteenth century walled town. The traditional county of Northumberland also included areas of [[Tyneside]] north of the [[River Tyne]] including the city of [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]] (which, however, was made an independent county as early as 1400) and [[North Tyneside]]. These two districts became part of the administrative and ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear in 1974.