The Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9 is a

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(MD) in southwestern

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, Canada. Located in Census Division No. 3, its municipal office is located in the Town of Pincher Creek.

History

The MD of Pincher Creek No. 9 was originally renamed from the ''MD of Crowsnest No. 39'' to the ''MD of Pincher Creek No. 39'' in 1944. It was renumbered a year later in 1945.

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the MD of Pincher Creek No. 9. ; Cities *none ;

Towns A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

Pincher Creek Pincher Creek is a town in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located immediately east of the Canadian Rockies, west of Lethbridge and south of Calgary. History For centuries before European settlers reached this area and inhabited it, Indigen ...

; Villages * Cowley ; Summer villages *none The following hamlets are located within the MD of Pincher Creek No. 9. ; Hamlets *

Beaver Mines Beaver Mines is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9. It is located in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies on Highway 507, approximately west of Pincher Creek. History The community wa ...

* Lowland Heights *

Lundbreck Lundbreck is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9. It is located on the south side of Highway 3, approximately east of the southern terminus of Highway 22, east of the Municipalit ...

Pincher Station Pincher Station, once known as Pincher City, is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9. It is located on Highway 3, approximately southwest of Lethbridge. Previously an incorporated community, ...

* Twin Butte The following localities are located within the MD of Pincher Creek No. 9. ;Localities * Burmis *Chapel Rock *Drywood *Improvement District No. 40 *Maycroft *North Fork *Pecten *Springridge *Summerview *Tod Creek

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, the MD of Pincher Creek No. 9 had a population of 3,240 living in 1,288 of its 1,801 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 2,965. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the MD of Pincher Creek No. 9 had a population of 2,965 living in 1,119 of its 1,640 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 3,158. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

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