Sundre, Alberta
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Sundre is a town in central Alberta
Central Alberta
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, Canada
Canada
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. It is located in Mountain View County
Mountain View County, Alberta
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, 130 km (80.8 mi) northwest from Calgary
Calgary
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, along the Cowboy Trail in the Canadian Rockies
Canadian Rockies
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foothills.
Sundre takes its name from a town in Norway, the original home of Nels T. Hagen, the town's first postmaster, who arrived in 1906. Sundre became a village in 1950, and a town in 1956.
Main industries in the area are petroleum production, forestry, agriculture, and ranching.
Demographics
House
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, a 10.6% increase from 2001. The town has a land area of 7.65 km² (3 sq mi) and a population density
Population density
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of 329.3 /km2.