Lorelei is a residential neighbourhood located in the Castledowns area of north
Edmonton
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,
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.
It is bounded on the north and west by Castledowns Road, on the east by 97 Street, and on the south by Beaumaris Road and 160 Avenue. Travel north along 97 Street takes residents past
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located just north of the city, while travel south along 97 Street takes residents past the
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
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and into the
downtown core
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.
Most of the residences in the neighbourhood were built in the 1970s and 1980s, with residences being a mixture of single-family dwellings (57%),
row house
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s (25%), walk-up
apartment
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s in buildings with five or fewer stories (10%) and
duplexes
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(8%). Roughly three out of four residences are owner-occupied.
The community is represented by the Lorelei-Beaumaris
Community League
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, established in 1978, which maintains a
community hall
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and outdoor rink located at 103 Street and 162 Avenue.
Demographics
In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Lorelei had a population of living in dwellings,
a -3.4% change from its 2009 population of .
With a land area of , it had a population density of people/km
2 in 2012.
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Surrounding neighbourhoods
See also
* Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues
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References
External links
Lorelei Demographic Profile
Neighbourhoods in Edmonton
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