Cluny, Alberta

Cluny
Hamlet
Cluny, Alberta is located in Alberta
Cluny, Alberta
Location of Cluny in Alberta
Coordinates: 50°50′11″N 112°52′00″W / 50.83649°N 112.86667°W / 50.83649; -112.86667
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Census divisionNo. 5
Municipal districtWheatland County
Government
 • TypeUnincorporated
 • ReeveGlenn Koester
 • Governing body
  • Ben Armstrong
  • Berniece Bland
  • Alice Booth
  • Rex Harwood
  • Brenda Knight
  • Glenn Koester
  • Donald Vander Velde
Area
 (2021)[1]
 • Land0.69 km2 (0.27 sq mi)
Elevation
877 m (2,877 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total50
 • Density72.7/km2 (188/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−6 (MDT)

Cluny is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Wheatland County.[2] It is 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south of Highway 1 on a Canadian Pacific Kansas City railway line and Highway 843, approximately 87 kilometres (54 mi) southeast of Calgary. It has an elevation of 570 metres (1,870 ft).

The hamlet is in Census Division No. 5 and in the federal riding of Crowfoot.

The hamlet takes its name from the Parish of Cluny in Scotland.[3]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference 2021census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
  3. ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 35.