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Hussar, Alberta

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nameHussar
official_nameVillage of Hussar
settlement_typeVillage
image_skylineHussar Alberta Grain Elevator (9874016985).jpg
image_captionHussar Grain Elevator
image_flagHussarabflag.gif
pushpin_mapCanada Alberta
pushpin_label_position
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameCanada
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Alberta
subdivision_type2Region
subdivision_name2Southern Alberta
subdivision_type3Census Division
subdivision_name3No. 5
subdivision_type4Municipal district
subdivision_name4Wheatland County
government_footnotes
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameLes Schultz
leader_title1Governing body
leader_name1Hussar Village Council
leader_title2Deputy Mayor
leader_name2Coralee Schindel
leader_title3Councillor
leader_name3Tim Frank
established_titleFounded
established_date1913
established_title1Incorporated
established_date1
established_title2• Village
established_date2April 20, 1928
area_footnotes(2021)
area_land_km20.7
population_as_of2021
population_footnotes
population_total164
population_density_km2235.2
timezoneMST
utc_offset−7
timezone_DSTMDT
utc_offset_DST−6
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m910
postal_code_typePostal Code
postal_codeT0J 1S0
area_code403
blank_nameHighways
blank_info56, 561
website

Hussar is a village in southern Alberta, Canada within Wheatland County. It is located on Highway 561, approximately 93 km east of Calgary and 55 km south of Drumheller.

History

Hussar was unofficially founded in 1913 when the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) established a station and named it Hussar. A community grew up around the station and was incorporated as a village in 1928. The name Hussar for the station was used in honour of a group of German soldiers who belonged to a German Hussar (cavalry) regiment who earlier had established a large farm near Hussar. With the start of World War I most of the soldiers returned to Germany and those who remained were interned for the duration of the war. The land, which was part of this German Canadian Farming Co. Ltd., was purchased after the war. Following the war, the community, both the village and the surrounding area, began to grow with an influx of settlers from around the world. English, Irish, Scots and Danes made up the bulk of the settlers. Many of those settlers' descendants still reside in or around the community.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Hussar had a population of 164 living in 74 of its 85 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 190. With a land area of 0.7 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Hussar recorded a population of 190 living in 78 of its 87 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 176. With a land area of 0.75 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

References

References

  1. {{AMOS. iso
  2. "Council". Village of Hussar.
  3. (October 21, 2016). "Location and History Profile: Village of Hussar". [[Alberta Municipal Affairs]].
  5. The Hussar Heritage, {{ISBN. 0-9698525-0-9, by The Hussar Historical Society Book Committee - 1994, Page 19 - 25
  6. (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities)". [[Statistics Canada]].
  7. (February 8, 2017). "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". [[Statistics Canada]].
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