The Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9 is a

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(MD) in southwestern

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, Canada. Located in Census Division No. 3, its municipal office is located in the Town of Pincher Creek.

History

The MD of Pincher Creek No. 9 was originally renamed from the ''MD of Crowsnest No. 39'' to the ''MD of Pincher Creek No. 39'' in 1944. It was renumbered a year later in 1945.

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the MD of Pincher Creek No. 9. ;

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Pincher Creek Pincher Creek is a town in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located immediately east of the Canadian Rockies, west of Lethbridge and south of Calgary. History For centuries before European settlers reached this area and inhabited it, Indigeno ...

;

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* Cowley ; Summer villages *none The following

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are located within the MD of Pincher Creek No. 9. ;

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* Beaver Mines * Lowland Heights * Lundbreck * Pincher Station * Twin Butte The following localities are located within the MD of Pincher Creek No. 9. ;Localities * Burmis *Chapel Rock *Drywood *Improvement District No. 40 *Maycroft *North Fork *Pecten *Springridge *Summerview *Tod Creek

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, the MD of Pincher Creek No. 9 had a population of 3,240 living in 1,288 of its 1,801 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 2,965. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the MD of Pincher Creek No. 9 had a population of 2,965 living in 1,119 of its 1,640 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 3,158. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

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