Official Name: | Lacombe County |
Settlement Type: | Municipal district |
Image Map1: | AB locator LACOMBE COUNTY.svg |
Mapsize1: | 200 |
Map Caption1: | Location within Alberta |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Central Alberta |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | 8 |
Leader Title: | Reeve |
Leader Name: | Barb Shepherd |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Title2: | MP |
Leader Name2: | Blaine Calkins |
Leader Title3: | Administrative office |
Leader Name3: | west of Lacombe |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1944 |
Established Title2: | Incorporated |
Established Date2: | 1995 |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 2759.12 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 10283 |
Population Density Km2: | 3.7 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
Lacombe County is a municipal district in central Alberta, Canada. It is within Census Division No. 8 north of the City of Red Deer. Its municipal office is 4km (02miles) west of Highway 2 and the City of Lacombe, and 6km (04miles) east of the Summer Village of Gull Lake, at the intersection of Highway 12 and Spruceville Road (Range Road 274).
The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Lacombe County.[1]
The following hamlets are located within Lacombe County.
The following localities are located within Lacombe County.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lacombe County had a population of 10,283 living in 3,973 of its 4,616 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 10,343. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lacombe County had a population of 10,343 living in 3,890 of its 4,668 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 10,307. With a land area of 2765.16km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[5]