Desert Blume | |
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Coordinates: 49°59′13″N 110°43′25″W / 49.98694°N 110.72361°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Alberta |
Region | Southern Alberta |
Census division | 1 |
Municipal district | Cypress County |
Government | |
• Type | Unincorporated |
• Governing body | Cypress County Council |
Area (2021)
[1] | |
• Land | 1.43 km2 (0.55 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[1] | |
• Total | 835 |
• Density | 583.8/km2 (1,512/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−07:00 ( MST) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
Area code(s) | 403, 587, 825 |
Desert Blume is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Cypress County, [2] adjacent to the southern boundary of Medicine Hat. [3]
The hamlet is located on southwest corner of South Boundary Road (Township Road 122) and Range Road 61A, 0.8 kilometres (0.50 mi) southeast of Highway 3. [4]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Desert Blume had a population of 835 living in 279 of its 284 total private dwellings, a change of 45.5% from its 2016 population of 574. With a land area of 1.43 km2 (0.55 sq mi), it had a population density of 583.9/km2 (1,512.3/sq mi) in 2021. [1]
Cypress County indicates that the population of the Hamlet of Desert Blume was 586 in the 2016 Census, a change of 91.5% from its 2011 population of 306. [5]