Brazeau County, Alberta
53.222222222222 - 114.97694444444Koordinaten: 53 ° 13 ' N, 114 ° 59 ' W Brazeau County is a municipal district in Alberta, Canada. It is within the Census Division No. 11 The management unit was established on July 1, 1988 - under the name Municipal District of Brazeau No.. 77 - from the Improvement District No.. 222 On 1 October 2002 the present name was introduced.
Brazeau County is named after the Brazeau River, which in turn is named for Joseph Brazeau, a linguist, who took part in an expedition John Pallisers in this region.
Location
Brazeau County is centrally located in the Canadian province of Alberta to the Brazeau River. The village of Drayton Valley, near which is the administrative headquarters of Brazeau County, located as an independent enclave within the Brazeau County.
History
Brazeau County consists of areas that were previously managed by three neighboring administrative units. From the mid- 1980s, there have been complaints of people from the southwestern portions of Parkland County and the western parts of Leduc County that are not well represented due to the large spatial distance felt by the administration in Stony Plain or Leduc. After about five years of political work was on 31 December 1987, the Improvement District No.. 222 formed with the inclusion of smaller areas of Yellowhead County, from which on 1 July 1988, the Municipal District of Brazeau No.. 77 founded. On 1 October 2002 the name was changed in Brazeau County.
Population
In the 2011 census, were found in the Brazeau County 7201 inhabitants in 2693 inhabited residential units (at 2852 units in total). Compared to the 2006 census thus resulted in an increase of 2.3 percent. With an area of 3020.71 km2, there was a population density of 2.4 / km2. By incorporations to Drayton Valley in 2011 and 2012 Statistics Canada revised the population by 69 to 7,132 down.
At the 2006 census, 91.2 % ( 6,425 people) gave the population as ethnicity "White ", 1.7% (120 persons) associated to different minorities ( Visible minority ). 7.1% (500 people) counted themselves among the First Nations or to the Métis.
Towns and villages
The following towns and villages are situated in Brazeau County:
- Small town (town ): Drayton Valley ( enclave )
- Village (village ): Breton
- Hamlet ( Hamlet ): Alsike, Buck Creek, Cynthia, Lodgepole, Poplar Ridge, Rocky Rapids, Violet Grove
In addition, there are still smaller settlements under the name: Antross, Beaver Estates, Berry Moor, Birchfield Estates, Birchwood Village Greens, Boggy Hall, Brazeau Dam, Carnwood, Cottonwood Subdivision, Country Classic Estates, Country Style Trailer Court, Easy Ford, Fairway Meadows, Lindale, Meadow Acres, Parview Estates, Pembina, Pleasant View, Rex block, River Ridge Subdivision, Round Valley, Valley Drive, Valley Drive Acres and Acres West Bank.