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Thorhild County is a
municipal district A municipal district is an administrative entity comprising a clearly-defined territory and its population. It may be a city, a town, a village, a small grouping of them, or a rural area. Brazil In Brazil, municipal districts are, in general, su ...
located in the central part of northern
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,
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, in Census Division 13. It was incorporated in 1955. It changed its name from the ''County of Thorhild No. 7'' to ''Thorhild County'' on March 20, 2013.


Geography


Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Thorhild County. ;
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Villages A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village ...
*none ; Summer villages *none The following
hamlets A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. This is often simply an informal description of a smaller settlement or possibly a subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. Sometimes a hamlet is defined f ...
are located within Thorhild County. ;
Hamlets A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. This is often simply an informal description of a smaller settlement or possibly a subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. Sometimes a hamlet is defined f ...
* Abee *
Egremont Egremont may refer to: Places * Egremont, Cumbria, England * Egremont, Merseyside, England * Egremont, Massachusetts, United States * Egremont, Alberta, Canada Other uses * Earl of Egremont Earl of Egremont was a title in the Peerage of Gr ...
* Long Lake *
Newbrook Newbrook is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Thorhild County. It is located at the junction of Highway 63 and Highway 661, approximately northeast of Thorhild and south of Boyle. It has an elevation of . The hamlet is located ...
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Opal Opal is a hydrated amorphous form of silicon dioxide, silica (SiO2·''n''H2O); its water content may range from 3% to 21% by weight, but is usually between 6% and 10%. Due to the amorphous (chemical) physical structure, it is classified as a ...
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Radway Radway is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England, about north-west of Banbury in neighbouring Oxfordshire. The population taken at the 2011 census had reduced to 238. The village is at the foot of Edge Hill and is notable for the ...
(dissolved from village status in 1996) * Thorhild (dissolved from village status in 2009) The following
localities Locality may refer to: * Locality, a historical named location or place in Canada * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localitie ...
are located within Thorhild County. ;Localities * Alpen *Alpen Siding *Balsam Grove *Clearbrook * Crippsdale *
Dalmuir Dalmuir (; ) is an area northwest of Glasgow, Scotland, on the western side of Clydebank, and part of West Dunbartonshire Council Area. The name is a lowland Scots language, Scots derivation of the Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic meaning Big Field. ...
*Danube *Darling * Elbridge *Hollow Lake *Kerensky *Mapova *Northbrook *Pinebrook *Val Soucy *Weasel Creek *Woodgrove


Demographics

In the
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conducted by
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, Thorhild County had a population of 3,042 living in 1,339 of its 1,852 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 3,254. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Thorhild County had a population of 3,254 living in 1,401 of its 1,836 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 3,417. 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 ...
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List of municipal districts in Alberta A municipal district (MD) is the most common form of all List of communities in Alberta#Rural municipalities, rural municipality statuses used in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta. Alberta's municipal distric ...


References


External links

* {{Alberta, RM=yes Municipal districts in Alberta