Country Canada Established August 17, 1759 Area 2,908 km² Province Nova Scotia | District
municipalities Chester / Lunenburg Time zone AST (UTC-4) Population 47,313 (2011) Area code 902 | |
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Towns Bridgewater / Lunenburg / Mahone Bay Electoral Districts
Federal South Shore–St. Margaret's Capital Municipality of the District of Lunenburg Points of interest The Ovens - Nova Scotia, Hirtle's Beach, Rissers Beach Provincial, Sand Dollar Beach, Halifax & Southwestern Railway | ||
Lunenburg County is a county located on the South Shore of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, It ranges from Hubbards to the east and Vogler's Cove to the west.
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Map of Lunenburg, NS, Canada
History
Named in honour of the British king who was also the duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Lunenburg County was established in 1759, when peninsular Nova Scotia was divided into five counties. Three years later Lunenburg County was reduced in size when Queens County was established. Following the establishment of Queens County in 1762, Hants County in 1781, and Shelburne and Sydney Counties in 1784, the boundaries of all nine of the counties were defined by the Nova Scotia Council.
By Chapter 52 of the Statutes of 1863, Lunenburg County was divided into two districts for court sessional purposes – Chester and Lunenburg. That statute provided authority for the appointment of a Custos Rotulorum and for the establishment of a general sessions of the peace for the District of Chester, with the same powers as if it were a separate county. In 1879, the two districts were incorporated as district municipalities.
Demographics
As a census division in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lunenburg County recorded a population of 47,126 living in 21,439 of its 26,648 total private dwellings, a change of 3000600000000000000♠−0.4% from its 2011 population of 47,313. With a land area of 2,909.77 km2 (1,123.47 sq mi), it had a population density of 16.2/km2 (41.9/sq mi) in 2016.
Communities
Access routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county boundary: