Cluny is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Wheatland County.[2] It is 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south of Highway 1 on a Canadian Pacific Kansas City railway line and Highway 843, approximately 87 kilometres (54 mi) southeast of Calgary. It has an elevation of 570 metres (1,870 ft).
Cluny | |
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  Location of Cluny in Alberta | |
| Coordinates: 50°50′11″N 112°52′00″W / 50.83649°N 112.86667°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Census division | No. 5 |
| Municipal district | Wheatland County |
| Government | |
| • Type | Unincorporated |
| • Reeve | Glenn Koester |
| • Governing body | Wheatland County Council
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| Area (2021)[1] | |
| • Land | 0.69 km2 (0.27 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 877 m (2,877 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 50 |
| • Density | 72.7/km2 (188/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
The hamlet is in Census Division No. 5 and in the federal riding of Crowfoot.
The hamlet takes its name from the Parish of Cluny in Scotland.[3]
Demographics
editIn the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cluny had a population of 50 living in 24 of its 33 total private dwellings, a change of -28.6% from its 2016 population of 70. With a land area of 0.69 km2 (0.27 sq mi), it had a population density of 72.5/km2 (187.7/sq mi) in 2021.[1]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cluny had a population of 70 living in 32 of its 41 total private dwellings, a change of 16.7% from its 2011 population of 60. With a land area of 0.69 km2 (0.27 sq mi), it had a population density of 101.4/km2 (262.8/sq mi) in 2016.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
- ^ "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
- ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 35.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
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