Hughenden | |
Official Name: | Village of Hughenden |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Canada 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: | No. 7 |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name4: | Municipal District of Provost No. 52 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Shelby Gill |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Hughenden Village Council |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Title1: | Incorporated[1] |
Established Date1: | |
Established Title2: | • Village |
Established Date2: | December 27, 1917 |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 0.78 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 213 |
Population Density Km2: | 272.5 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
Coordinates: | 52.5108°N -110.9697°W |
Elevation M: | 690 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | 13 |
Hughenden is a village in central Alberta, Canada. It is located 49 km south of Wainwright, in the Municipal District of Provost No. 52, along Highway 13.
The community takes its name from the Hughenden Manor, home of Benjamin Disraeli.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Hughenden had a population of 213 living in 97 of its 112 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 243. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Hughenden recorded a population of 243 living in 101 of its 117 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 230. With a land area of 0.78km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[4]
The Village of Hughenden's 2012 municipal census counted a population of 258,[5] a 0.3% decrease over its 2008 municipal census population of 266.[6]