Cowley is a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 in the Municipal District of Pincher Creek

Pincher Creek No. 9, Alberta

The Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9 is a municipal district in south western Alberta, Canada.It is located in Census Division 3. It was established in the current boundaries in 1944, when the name was changed from Municipal District of Crowsnest No. 39 to Municipal District of Pincher...

, Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

. It is located west of Lethbridge

Lethbridge

Lethbridge is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada, and the largest city in southern Alberta. It is Alberta's fourth-largest city by population after Calgary, Edmonton and Red Deer, and the third-largest by area after Calgary and Edmonton. The nearby Canadian Rockies contribute to the city's...

 in Southern Alberta

Southern Alberta

Southern Alberta is a region located in the Canadian province of Alberta. As of the year 2004, the region's population was approximately 272,017. The primary cities are Lethbridge and Medicine Hat...

.

It was settled in the 1880s and was named by a rancher. Cowley Post Office opened in 1900, and in 1906 Cowley was incorporated

Municipal corporation

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 as village.

Demographics

The population of the Village of Cowley according to its 2010 municipal census is 235.

In 2006, Cowley had a population of 219 living in 103 dwellings

House

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, a 2.7% decrease from 2001. The Village has a land area of 1.4 km² (0.540543022029549 sq mi) and a population density

Population density

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 of 156.7 /km2.

Film

Cowley was featured in the 2005 motion picture Brokeback Mountain

Brokeback Mountain

Brokeback Mountain is a 2005 romantic drama film directed by Ang Lee. It is a film adaptation of the 1997 short story of the same name by Annie Proulx with the screenplay written by Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry...

 as the fictional town of Signal, Wyoming. Townpeople have welcomed fans of the movie from all over the world.

External links

• University of Alberta. Cowley, Alberta