Cremona is a village in

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, Canada. It is located north of Cochrane and west of

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, along the

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(Highway 22).

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, the Village of Cremona had a population of 437 living in 194 of its 210 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 444. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Cremona recorded a population of 444 living in 189 of its 204 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 457. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

Education

Cremona School is a K-12 school within the Chinook's Edge School Division.

Industry

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operates a medical marijuana growing and processing facility in Cremona.

Notable people

*Former

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(AHL) forward and

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draft pick J.D. Watt hails from Cremona. *Country singer Blake Reid was born in Cremona.

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