Burdett | |
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Hamlet | |
  Burdett  Burdett | |
| Coordinates:49°49′48.9″N111°31′18.0″W / 49.830250°N 111.521667°W /49.830250; -111.521667 | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Region | Southern Alberta |
| Census division | 1 |
| Municipal district | County of Forty Mile No. 8 |
| Government | |
| • Governing body | County of Forty Mile No. 8 |
| • MP | Glen Motz |
| • MLA | Grant Hunter |
| Area (2021)[1] | |
| • Land | 0.69 km2 (0.27 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 331 |
| • Density | 478.3/km2 (1,239/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| Postal code span | |
| Area code | +1-403 |
| Highways | Highway 3 |
Burdett is ahamlet inAlberta, Canada within theCounty of Forty Mile No. 8.[2] It is located approximately 71 km (44 mi) west ofMedicine Hat and 97 km (60 mi) east ofLethbridge onHighway 3. Also, Burdett is regarded as the site of Canada's first irrigation pivot.[3]
The community is named forAngela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts, a railroad promoter.[4] Previously incorporated as avillage on June 30, 1913,[5] Burdett dissolved to hamlet status on January 1, 2003.[6]
In the2021 Census of Population conducted byStatistics Canada, Burdett had a population of 331 living in 105 of its 119 total private dwellings, a change of-17.5% from its 2016 population of 401. With a land area of 0.69 km2 (0.27 sq mi), it had a population density of479.7/km2 (1,242.4/sq mi) in 2021.[1]
As a designated place in the2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Burdett had a population of 406 living in 117 of its 122 total private dwellings, a change of17% from its 2011 population of 347. With a land area of 0.79 km2 (0.31 sq mi), it had a population density of514/km2 in 2016.[7]
Places adjacent to Burdett, Alberta | |
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