Gunn is a hamlet

Hamlet (place)

A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...

 in Alberta

Alberta

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, Canada

Canada

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 within Lac Ste. Anne County

Lac Ste. Anne County, Alberta

Lac Ste. Anne County is a municipal district in central Alberta, Canada.It is located in Census Division 13, north west of Edmonton. Highway 43 stretches across this county. The municipal seat is located in the Hamlet of Sangudo....

. It is located west of the junction of Highway 43 and Highway 33 on the northeast shore of Lac Ste. Anne. It is approximately 58 kilometres (36 mi) northwest of Edmonton

Edmonton

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 and has an elevation of 740 metres (2,427.8 ft).

The hamlet is located in census division

Census division

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 No. 13

Division No. 13, Alberta

Division No. 13 is a census division in Alberta, Canada. The majority of the division is located in the north-central portion of central Alberta, while the northeast portion of the division is located within northern Alberta...

 and in the federal riding

Alberta federal electoral districts

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 of Yellowhead

Yellowhead (electoral district)

Yellowhead is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979. The district is in west-central Alberta, and represents the counties of Yellowhead, Woodlands, Lac Ste. Anne, Barrhead, the improvement districts No. 9 and No...

.

Demographics

As of 2006, Gunn had a total population of 93.

Industry Canada shows that Gunn's greater rural area had a total population of 1,120 living in 968 dwellings in 2001. With a land area of 151.6 km² (58.5 sq mi), its greater rural area has a population density

Population density

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 of 13 /km2.

See also

• List of communities in Alberta
• List of hamlets in Alberta
• Peter Gunn (Alberta politician)
  Peter Gunn (Alberta politician)
  -Biography:Gunn was born in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. After moving to Canada, he ran for election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1909 Alberta general election. With no other opposition candidates he was acclaimed to his first term in office. He ran for his second term in the 1913...