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Vilna, Alberta

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nameVilna
official_nameVillage of Vilna
settlement_typeVillage
image_skylineVilna Pool Hall and Barbershop.jpg
image_captionPool hall and barbershop
pushpin_mapAlberta
pushpin_map_captionLocation of Vilna
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameCanada
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Alberta
subdivision_type2Region
subdivision_name2Central Alberta
subdivision_type3Census Division
subdivision_name3No. 12
subdivision_type4Municipal district
subdivision_name4Smoky Lake County
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameLeo Chapdelaine
leader_title1Governing body
leader_name1Vilna Village Council
leader_title2Village Council Members
leader_name2Donald Romanko, Roy Dyck and Leo Chapdelaine
established_titleFounded
established_date1907
established_title1Incorporated
established_date1
established_title2• Village
established_date2June 23, 1923
area_footnotes(2021)
area_land_km20.96
population_as_of2021
population_footnotes
population_total268
population_density_km2278
timezoneMST
utc_offset−7
timezone_DSTMDT
utc_offset_DST−6
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m640
blank_nameHighways
blank_info
blank1_nameWaterways
blank1_infoBonnie Lake, Stony Creek
website

Vilna is a village in central Alberta, Canada.

Vilna is located in Smoky Lake County, on Highway 28, 150 km northeast of the city of Edmonton. Bonnie Lake Provincial Recreation Area is located 6 km north of the community, on the shores of Bonnie Lake.

History

Vilna was founded in 1907, mostly by central European settlers. By 1918, the settlers were calling the larger district Vilna, after the Lithuanian capital city of Vilnius (). The main community started to coalesce in 1919, when the railroad reached the area and the first grain elevator was built. The "Villette" post office, located two miles east, was relocated to the growing community in 1920, at which time the community was officially named Vilna. That same year, the first schoolhouse was built. Vilna was incorporated as a village on June 13, 1923.

On February 5, 1967, Vilna experienced a meteor air burst with a yield estimated at 600 tonnes of TNT (2.5 TJ). Subsequently, two very small meteorite fragments were found – 48 mg and 94 mg which are now stored at University of Alberta, in Edmonton.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Vilna had a population of 268 living in 108 of its 119 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 290. With a land area of 0.96 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Vilna recorded a population of 290 living in 114 of its 143 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 249. With a land area of 0.96 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

The Village of Vilna's 2012 municipal census counted a population of 290.

Attractions

The town claims to be home to the world's largest metal sculpture mushroom.

References

References

  1. (October 21, 2016). "Location and History Profile: Village of Vilna". [[Alberta Municipal Affairs]].
  3. (1928). "Place-names of Alberta". [[Geographic Board of Canada]].
  4. (1967). "A Century of Progress: an Historical Study of the Waskatenau, Smoky Lake, Warspite, Bellis, Vilna and Spedden School Communities". [[Modern Press]].
  5. [https://web.archive.org/web/20050215142023/http://www.geo.ucalgary.ca/cdnmeteorites/meteorite/vilna.html University of Calgary, Canadian Meteorite Catalogue]
  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]].
  8. (2012-11-22). "2012 Municipal Affairs Population List". Alberta Municipal Affairs.
  9. [http://www.roadsideattractions.ca/mushrooms.htm Roadside attractions] - Vilna mushrooms
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