The County of Minburn No. 27 is a
municipal district
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Brazil
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in east central
Alberta
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, Canada. Its
municipal office is located in the
Town of Vegreville. Located in
Census Division No. 10, the County of Minburn No. 27 was formed as a
county
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on January 1, 1965, from the former ''Municipal District of Minburn No. 72''.
Geography
Communities and localities
The following
urban municipalities are surrounded by the County of Minburn No. 27.
;
Cities
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;
Towns
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
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Vegreville
Vegreville ( uk, Веґревіль) is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is on Highway 16A approximately east of Edmonton, Alberta's capital city. It was incorporated as a town in 1906, and that year also saw the founding of the ''Vegre ...
;
Villages
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*
Innisfree
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Mannville
;
Summer villages
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The following
hamlets
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are located within the County of Minburn No. 27.
[
;]Hamlets
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* Lavoy (dissolved from village status in 1999)
* Minburn (dissolved from village status in 2015)designated place
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)
*Royal Park
*Warwick
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;Other places
* Brush Hill
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...
conducted by
Statistics Canada, the County of Minburn No. 27 had a population of 3,014 living in 1,138 of its 1,337 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 3,188. 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 Minburn No. 27 had a population of 3,188 living in 1,184 of its 1,380 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 3,383. 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 government in Canada, local governments – urban municipalities (including List of cities in Alberta, cities, List of towns in Alberta, towns, List of villages in Alberta, vil ...
*
List of municipal districts in Alberta
References
External links
County of Minburn
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Minburn