Lacombe County Explained

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).

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Lacombe County.[1]

Cities
Towns
Villages
Summer villages

The following hamlets are located within Lacombe County.

Hamlets

The following localities are located within Lacombe County.[2]

Localities

Demographics

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]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lacombe, City (Census Subdivision), Alberta . . 2012-06-20 . 2012-08-13.
  2. Web site: Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2006, Economic Regions: 4808022 - Lacombe County, geographical codes and localities, 2006 . . 2010-03-05 . 2012-08-11.
  3. Geo-Administrative Areas (Hamlet, Locality and Townsite Culture Points) . October 26, 2020 . 2020 . AltaLIS . Geodatabase layer . October 2, 2021.
  4. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities) . . February 9, 2022 . February 9, 2022.
  5. Web site: Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta) . . February 8, 2017 . February 8, 2017.