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The County of Two Hills No. 21 is a
municipal district A municipal district is an administrative entity comprising a clearly-defined territory and its population. It can refer to a city, a town, a village, a small grouping of them, or a rural area. Brazil In Brazil, municipal districts are, in genera ...
in east-central
Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...
, Canada. Located in Census Division No. 10, its municipal office is located in the Town of Two Hills.


History

The County of Two Hills No. 21 was formed in 1963 through the amalgamation of the ''Municipal District of Eagle No. 81'' and the ''Two Hills School Division''.


Geography


Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the County of Two Hills No. 21. ;
Cities A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
*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 ...
* Two Hills ;
Villages A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
* Myrnam ; Summer villages *none The following
hamlets A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. Its size relative to a parish can depend on the administration and region. A hamlet may be considered to be a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a lar ...
are located within the County of Two Hills No. 21. ;
Hamlets A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. Its size relative to a parish can depend on the administration and region. A hamlet may be considered to be a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a lar ...
* Beauvallon * Brosseau * Derwent (dissolved from village status on September 1, 2010) * Duvernay * Hairy Hill (dissolved from village status in 1996) *
Morecambe Morecambe ( ) is a seaside town and civil parish in the City of Lancaster district in Lancashire, England. It is in Morecambe Bay on the Irish Sea. Name The first use of the name was by John Whitaker in his ''History of Manchester'' (1771), w ...
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Musidora Jeanne Roques (23 February 1889 – 11 December 1957), known professionally as Musidora, was a French actress, film director, and writer. She is best known for her acting in silent films, and rose to public attention for roles in the Louis ...
* Willingdon (dissolved from village status on September 1, 2017) The following localities are located within the County of Two Hills No. 21. ;Localities * Boian *Desjarlais * Ispas *Kaleland *Maughan *Norma *Pathfinder *Plain Lake *Raychuk Subdivision *Rusylvia *Shalka *Shepenge *Slawa *Soda Lake *Stubno


Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ...
, the County of Two Hills No. 21 had a population of 3,412 living in 1,148 of its 1,590 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 3,641. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the County of Two Hills No. 21 had a population of 3,322 living in 1,105 of its 1,499 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 3,160. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.


See also

*
List of communities in Alberta The province of Alberta, Canada, is divided into ten types of local governments – urban municipalities (including cities, towns, villages and summer villages), specialized municipalities, rural municipalities (including municipal district ...
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List of municipal districts in Alberta A municipal district (MD) is the most common form of all rural municipality statuses used in the Canadian province of Alberta. Alberta's municipal districts, most of which are branded as a county (e.g. Yellowhead County, County of Newell, etc. ...


References


External links

* {{Alberta, RM=yes Two Hills Ukrainian-Canadian culture in Alberta