Lundbreck | |
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 Panorama of Lundbreck fromAlberta Highway 22 | |
  Location of Lundbreck inAlberta | |
| Coordinates:49°35′08″N114°09′43″W / 49.5856°N 114.1619°W /49.5856; -114.1619 | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Census division | No. 3 |
| Municipal district | Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Unincorporated |
| • Governing body | Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9 Council |
| Area (2021)[1] | |
| • Land | 0.42 km2 (0.16 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,200 m (3,900 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 289 |
| • Density | 690.4/km2 (1,788/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
Lundbreck is ahamlet insouthern Alberta, Canada within theMunicipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9.[2] It is located on the south side ofHighway 3, approximately 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) east of the southern terminus ofHighway 22, 16 km (9.9 mi) east of the Municipality ofCrowsnest Pass, 4 km (2.5 mi) west of the Village ofCowley and 16 km (9.9 mi) west of the Town ofPincher Creek. It has an elevation of 1,200 m (3,900 ft).
It is part ofCensus Division No. 3 and the federal riding ofMacleod.
Lundbreck was incorporated in 1907, celebrated its centennial in 2007, and was named for two coal miners (Lund and Breckenridge).
Lundbreck started out as a coal mining town, quickly growing to a size of about 1,000 people until the coal mines closed, at which time it quickly shrank.
In the2021 Census of Population conducted byStatistics Canada, Lundbreck had a population of 289 living in 134 of its 145 total private dwellings, a change of22.5% from its 2016 population of 236. With a land area of 0.42 km2 (0.16 sq mi), it had a population density of688.1/km2 (1,782.2/sq mi) in 2021.[1]
As a designated place in the2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lundbreck had a population of 236 living in 113 of its 141 total private dwellings, a change of-3.3% from its 2011 population of 244. With a land area of 0.42 km2 (0.16 sq mi), it had a population density of561.9/km2 (1,455.3/sq mi) in 2016.[3]
Livingstone School is a K-12, 1A school that was instituted in 1955, as a more modern alternative to the then practice of using several small, one room, multiple grade, rural schools. Kids were bussed in from the local area rural schools fromCowley and the northwest portion of the M.D. of Pincher Creek No. 9.
