| Vilna | |
| Official Name: | Village of Vilna |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Alberta |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Vilna |
| 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: | No. 12 |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
| Subdivision Name4: | Smoky Lake County |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Leo Chapdelaine |
| Leader Title1: | Governing body |
| Leader Name1: | Vilna Village Council |
| Leader Title2: | Village Council Members |
| Leader Name2: | Donald Romanko, Roy Dyck and Leo Chapdelaine |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1907 |
| Established Title1: | Incorporated[1] |
| Established Date1: | |
| Established Title2: | • Village |
| Established Date2: | June 23, 1923 |
| Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
| Area Land Km2: | 0.96 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 268 |
| Population Density Km2: | 278 |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | −7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
| Coordinates: | 54.1156°N -111.9211°W |
| Elevation M: | 640 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | |
| Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
| Blank1 Info: | Bonnie Lake, Stony Creek |
Vilna is a village in central Alberta, Canada.
Vilna is located in Smoky Lake County, on Highway 28, 1501NaN1 northeast of the city of Edmonton. Bonnie Lake Provincial Recreation Area is located 61NaN1 north of the community, on the shores of Bonnie Lake.
Vilna was founded in 1907, mostly by central European settlers. By 1918, the settlers were calling the larger district Vilna, after the Lithuanian capital city of Vilnius (Latin: Vilna).[2] The main community started to coalesce in 1919, when the railroad reached the area and the first grain elevator was built.[3] The "Villette" post office, located two miles east, was relocated to the growing community in 1920, at which time the community was officially named Vilna.[3] That same year, the first schoolhouse was built.[3] Vilna was incorporated as a village on June 13, 1923.[3]
On February 5, 1967, Vilna experienced a meteor air burst with a yield estimated at 600 tonnes of TNT (2.5 TJ). Subsequently, two very small meteorite fragments were found – 48abbr=offNaNabbr=off and 94mg which are now stored at University of Alberta, in Edmonton.[4]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Vilna had a population of 268 living in 108 of its 119 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 290. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[5]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Vilna recorded a population of 290 living in 114 of its 143 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 249. With a land area of 0.96km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[6]
The Village of Vilna's 2012 municipal census counted a population of 290.[7]
The town claims to be home to the world's largest metal sculpture mushroom.[8]