Lunenburg County is a historical

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and census division on the South Shore of the

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. Major settlements include Bridgewater, Lunenburg, and Mahone Bay.

History

Named in honour of the British king who was also the duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, it was established in 1759, when the

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was divided into five counties. The county became smaller when new counties were created from its boundaries:

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(1762), Hants (1781), Shelburne (1784), and

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(1784). By Chapter 52 of the Statutes of 1863, Lunenburg County was divided into two districts for court sessional purposes –

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and Lunenburg. That statute provided authority for the appointment of a Custos Rotulorum and for the establishment of a general sessions of the peace for the District of Chester, with the same powers as if it were a separate county. In 1879, the two districts were incorporated as district municipalities.

Governance

Today the county has no legal status, although its borders are coincident with the five municipalities contained within it: * the municipality of the District of Chester * the

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* the town of Bridgewater * the town of Lunenburg * the town of Mahone Bay The above municipalities comprise the entire territory of the county. There are three Sipekneꞌkatik First Nation reserves in the county: * Gold River 21 * New Ross 20 * Pennal 19

Demographics

As a

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in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Lunenburg County had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Population trend Mother tongue language (2011) Ethnic Groups (2006)2006 Statistics Canada Census Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada: Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia
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Religious make-up, for Lunenburg County, 2001 census - 100% data

Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county boundary:Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas Pages 78-80, 86-87 *Highways ** *Trunk Routes ** ** ** *Collector Routes: ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *External Routes: **None

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