Marwayne is a village in central Alberta

Central Alberta

Central Alberta is a region located in the Canadian province of Alberta.Central Alberta is the most densely populated rural area in the province...

, Canada

Canada

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. It is located 44 kilometres (27.3 mi) north-west of the city of Lloydminster

Lloydminster

Lloydminster is a Canadian city which has the unusual geographic distinction of straddling the provincial border between Alberta and Saskatchewan...

 and 21 kilometres (13 mi) west of the Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

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 border.

Marwayne lies at the intersection between Highway 45 and Highway 897

Alberta Highway 897

Alberta Provincial Highway No. 897 is a highway in the province of Alberta, Canada. It runs south-north in two sections, from Highway 14 north of Edgerton to Highway 55 south of Cold Lake, then from Kingsway at the west CFB Cold Lake limits to where Township Road 651 would be, west of Cold Lake...

. The Canadian Pacific Railway

Canadian Pacific Railway

The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...

 runs through the village. The economy is based on agriculture and ranching, with the oil and gas sector playing an important part as well.

Demographics

The population of the Village of Marwayne according to its 2007 municipal census is 569.

In 2006, Marwayne had a population of 516 living in 225 dwellings

House

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, a 4.2% increase from 2001. The village has a land area of 1.15 square kilometre (0.444017482381415 sq mi) and a population density

Population density

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of 448.4 /km2.

External links

• Village of Marwayne