Cluny, Alberta

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Cluny is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Wheatland County.{{AltaML}} It is {{convert|3|km}} south of Highway 1 on a Canadian Pacific Kansas City railway line and Highway 843, approximately {{convert|87|km}} southeast of Calgary. It has an elevation of {{convert|570|m|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.{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=39|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada|location=Ottawa|page=35}}

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cluny had a population of 50 living in 24 of its 33 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:50-70}}|70|1}} from its 2016 population of 70. With a land area of {{cvt|0.69|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|50|0.69|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=9810001201 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 10, 2022}}

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cluny had a population of 70 living in 32 of its 41 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:70-60}}|60|1}} from its 2011 population of 60. With a land area of {{convert|0.69|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|70|0.69|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2016.{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=1301&SR=1&S=45&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48&CMA=0#tPopDwell | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 8, 2017 | access-date=February 13, 2017}}