Duchess | |
Official Name: | Village of Duchess |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Motto: | Where the Swan Sits |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Alberta |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Southern Alberta |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | 2 |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Tony Steidel |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Duchess Village Council |
Leader Title3: | MLA |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Title1: | Incorporated[1] |
Established Date1: | |
Established Title2: | • Village |
Established Date2: | May 12, 1921 |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 1.93 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 1053 |
Population Density Km2: | 545.9 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
Coordinates: | 50.7331°N -111.9064°W |
Elevation M: | 760 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | Veteran Memorial Highway |
Blank1 Name: | Waterway |
Blank1 Info: | Rock Lake |
Duchess is a village in southern Alberta, Canada that is surrounded by the County of Newell. It is north of Brooks and the Trans-Canada Highway.
The village was named for Duchess Louise Marguerite. It is mainly a ranching community.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Duchess had a population of 1,053 living in 378 of its 404 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,085. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Duchess recorded a population of 1,085 living in 371 of its 390 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 992. With a land area of 1.96km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[3]