Dechene is a roughly triangle-shaped residential neighbourhood in west

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. According to the city of Edmonto
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"the neighbourhood is named after Joseph M. Dechene, the father of Judge Andre M. Dechene." The area was annexed by Edmonton in

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. According to the 2001 federal census, residential development of the neighbourhood began during the 1980s when six out of ten (62.5%) of the residences were built. Another one in three (35.7%) were built during the 1990s. The most common type of residence in the neighbourhood, according to the 2005 municipal census, is the single-family dwelling. These account for nine out of every ten (89%) of all the residences in the neighbourhood. The remaining one in ten (11%) are

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. Substantially all (97%) of the residences are owner-occupied.http://censusdocs.edmonton.ca/C05002/MUNICIPAL%202005/Neighbourhood/DECHENE.pdf There are two schools in the neighbourhood. The Good Shepherd Catholic Elementary School is operated by the Edmonton Catholic School System while the S. Bruce Smith Junior High School is operated by the Edmonton Public School System. The neighbourhood is bounded on the north by Callingwood Road, on the east and south east by 178 Street and Lessard Road, and on the west by 184 Street. Residents have access to

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to the north along 178 Street.

Demographics

In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Dechene had a population of living in dwellings, a -6.1% change from its 2009 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of people/km² in 2012.

Surrounding neighbourhoods

References

External links

Dechene Neighbourhood Profile
{{Edmonton neighbourhoods Neighbourhoods in Edmonton