Lunenburg County (Nova Scotia)
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 Location of the region in Nova Scotia
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| Country | Canada |
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Nova Scotia
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| Administrative headquarters | Lunenburg |
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 1 ′ N , 63 ° 36 ′ W |
| Residents | 47,313 (as of 2011) |
| surface | 2,909.9 km² |
| Population density | 16.3 inhabitants / km² |
| Time zone : | Atlantic Standard Time ( UTC −4) Atlantic Daylight Time ( UTC −3, daylight saving time) |
| Web presence | www.modl.ca |
Lunenburg County is a county on the south coast of the eastern Canadian province of Nova Scotia . It covers 2909.9 km² and had 47,313 inhabitants in 2006; the population density was 16.3 inhabitants / km². The county on the rugged Atlantic coast is crossed by Nova Scotia Highway 103 .
history
With the introduction of the first five counties in Nova Scotia on August 17, 1759, Lunenburg County was established, named after King George II of Great Britain , who was also Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg. In 1762 it was split off from Queens County and in 1781 Shelburne County and Sydney County . The boundaries of the resulting nine counties in Nova Scotia were officially set in 1784.
Communities
Lunenburg County includes three towns and two municipal districts , in which many non-independent Incorporated Villages are located. There are also two Indian reservations of the Mi'kmaq . The number in brackets indicates the number of inhabitants according to the 2011 Census.
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