Английская Википедия:Cowley, Alberta

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Cowley is a village in southern Alberta, Canada. It is west of Lethbridge and surrounded by the Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9.

It was settled in the 1880s and named by a rancher. Cowley Post Office opened in 1900, and in 1906 Cowley was incorporated as village. The community's name is a combination of "cow" and "lea".[1]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Cowley had a population of 216 living in 96 of its 110 total private dwellings, a change of Шаблон:Percentage from its 2016 population of 209. With a land area of Шаблон:Cvt, it had a population density of Шаблон:Pop density in 2021.[2]

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Cowley recorded a population of 209 living in 100 of its 113 total private dwellings, a change of Шаблон:Percentage from its 2011 population of 236. With a land area of Шаблон:Convert, it had a population density of Шаблон:Pop density in 2016.[3]

Arts and culture

Cowley was featured in the 2005 motion picture Brokeback Mountain as the fictional town of Signal, Wyoming.Шаблон:Cn

Cowley is featured on a 17c postage stamp issued by Canada Post in 1980 (August 27) to mark the 75th anniversary of the creation of the Province of Alberta.

See also

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