Brazeau County | |
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 Location within Alberta | |
| Coordinates: 53°13′20″N 114°58′37″W / 53.22222°N 114.97694°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Region | Central Alberta |
| Census division | 11 |
| Improvement district | December 31, 1987[1] |
| Municipal district | July 1, 1988[1] |
| Name change | October 1, 2002[1] |
| Government | |
| • Reeve | Bart Guyon |
| • Governing body | Brazeau County Council |
| • CAO | Colin Swap - Interm CAO |
| • Administrative office | north of Drayton Valley |
| Area (2021)[3] | |
| • Land | 3,000.14 km2 (1,158.36 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 7,179 |
| • Density | 2.4/km2 (6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| Website | brazeau.ab.ca |
Brazeau County is a municipal district in central Alberta, Canada. It is located in Census Division 11. The municipal district was incorporated on July 1, 1988 from Improvement District No. 222. On October 1, 2002, the name was changed from Municipal District of Brazeau No. 77 to Brazeau County.[1]
It is named for the Brazeau River, in turn named for Joseph Brazeau, a linguist associated with the Palliser Expedition.[4]
- ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference
historywas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Municipal Officials Search". Alberta Municipal Affairs. May 9, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
2021censuswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ TransAlta. "Brazeau". Archived from the original on February 24, 2008. Retrieved March 5, 2008.