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Featured list: Towns of Alberta
! width="17%" |Name	Surrounding/adjacent specialized or rural municipality	Area (km², 2011)	Latest municipal census population (2007-2011)	Latest federal census population (2011)	Remarks
Athabasca	Athabasca County	17.48	&100000000000027340000002,734	&100000000000029900000002,990	Municipal seat Formerly known as Athabasca Landing prior to August 4, 1913
Banff	I.D. No. 9 (Banff)	4.88	&100000000000082440000008,244	&100000000000075840000007,584	latest municipal census population includes a shadow (non-permanent) population of 993
Barrhead	Barrhead No. 11, County of	8.10		&100000000000044320000004,432	Municipal seat
Bashaw	Camrose County	2.84	&10000000000000868000000868	&10000000000000873000000873
Bassano	Newell, County of	5.16	&100000000000012820000001,282	&100000000000013450000001,345
Beaumont	Leduc County	10.50	&1000000000001328700000013,287	&1000000000001328400000013,284
Beaverlodge	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of	5.58		&100000000000023650000002,365
Bentley	Lacombe County	2.30	&100000000000010730000001,073	&100000000000010830000001,083
Black Diamond	Foothills No. 31, M.D. of	3.21	&100000000000023080000002,308	&100000000000023730000002,373
Blackfalds	Lacombe County	16.36	&100000000000063990000006,399	&100000000000063000000006,300
Bon Accord	Sturgeon County	2.11		&100000000000014880000001,488
Bonnyville	Bonnyville No. 87, M.D. of	14.10	&100000000000064700000006,470	&100000000000062160000006,216	Municipal seat
Bow Island	Forty Mile No. 8, County of	5.92	&100000000000018680000001,868	&100000000000020250000002,025
Bowden	Red Deer County	2.73	&100000000000012360000001,236	&100000000000012410000001,241
Bruderheim	Lamont County	4.23		&100000000000011550000001,155
Calmar	Leduc County	4.65	&100000000000020330000002,033	&100000000000019700000001,970
Canmore	Bighorn No. 8, M.D. of	68.90	&1000000000001231700000012,317	&1000000000001228800000012,288
Cardston	Cardston County	8.64	&100000000000035780000003,578	&100000000000035800000003,580	Municipal seat
Carstairs	Mountain View County	11.53		&100000000000034420000003,442
Castor	Paintearth No. 18, County of	2.72		&10000000000000932000000932	Municipal seat
Chestermere	Rocky View County	32.64	&1000000000001468200000014,682	&1000000000001482400000014,824	Formerly known as Chestermere Lake prior to March 1, 1993
Claresholm	Willow Creek No. 26, M.D. of	9.08		&100000000000037580000003,758
Coaldale	Lethbridge, County of	7.95	&100000000000069430000006,943	&100000000000074930000007,493
Coalhurst	Lethbridge, County of	2.39	&100000000000019530000001,953	&100000000000019630000001,963
Cochrane	Rocky View County	30.03	&1000000000001542400000015,424	&1000000000001758000000017,580
Coronation	Paintearth No. 18, County of	3.73		&10000000000000947000000947
Crossfield	Rocky View County	11.87	&100000000000028610000002,861	&100000000000028530000002,853
Daysland	Flagstaff County	1.75		&10000000000000807000000807
Devon	Leduc County	11.72	&100000000000065340000006,534	&100000000000065100000006,510
Didsbury	Mountain View County	16.08	&100000000000045990000004,599	&100000000000049570000004,957	Municipal seat
Drayton Valley	Brazeau County	12.27		&100000000000070490000007,049	Municipal seat
Drumheller	Kneehill County Special Area No. 2 Starland County Wheatland County	107.93		&100000000000080290000008,029	Reverted from city status as a result of its amalgamation with the M.D. of Badlands No. 7 in 1997
Eckville	Lacombe County	1.58	&100000000000010020000001,002	&100000000000011250000001,125
Edson	Yellowhead County	29.58		&100000000000084750000008,475	Municipal seat
Elk Point	St. Paul No. 19, County of	4.88	&100000000000015120000001,512	&100000000000014120000001,412
Fairview	Fairview No. 136, M.D. of	11.30		&100000000000031620000003,162	Municipal seat
Falher	Smoky River No. 130, M.D. of	2.87		&100000000000010750000001,075	Municipal seat
Fort Macleod	Willow Creek No. 26, M.D. of	23.34		&100000000000031170000003,117	Formerly known as Macleod prior to April 1, 1952
Fox Creek	Greenview No. 16, M.D. of	11.54		&100000000000019690000001,969
Gibbons	Sturgeon County	7.39	&100000000000028480000002,848	&100000000000030300000003,030
Grande Cache	Greenview No. 16, M.D. of	35.48		&100000000000043190000004,319
Granum	Willow Creek No. 26, M.D. of	1.87	&10000000000000445000000445	&10000000000000447000000447	Formerly known as Leavings prior to March 31, 1908
Grimshaw	Peace No. 135, M.D. of	7.21		&100000000000025150000002,515
Hanna	Special Area No. 2	8.56		&100000000000026730000002,673	Municipal seat
Hardisty	Flagstaff County	5.48		&10000000000000639000000639
High Level	Mackenzie County	31.99		&100000000000036410000003,641
High Prairie	Big Lakes, M.D. of	7.92	&100000000000028360000002,836	&100000000000026000000002,600	Municipal seat
High River	Foothills No. 31, M.D. of	14.27	&1000000000001178300000011,783	&1000000000001292000000012,920	Municipal seat
Hinton	Yellowhead County	33.77	&100000000000098250000009,825	&100000000000096400000009,640
Innisfail	Red Deer County	19.53	&100000000000078830000007,883	&100000000000078760000007,876
Irricana	Rocky View County	3.18		&100000000000011620000001,162
Killam	Flagstaff County	4.53		&10000000000000981000000981
Lamont	Lamont County	9.27		&100000000000017530000001,753	Municipal seat
Legal	Sturgeon County	3.22		&100000000000012250000001,225
Magrath	Cardston County	4.97	&100000000000023020000002,302	&100000000000022170000002,217
Manning	Northern Lights, County of	3.42		&100000000000011640000001,164	Municipal seat
Mayerthorpe	Lac Ste. Anne County	4.78		&100000000000013980000001,398
McLennan	Smoky River No. 130, M.D. of	3.58		&10000000000000809000000809
Milk River	Warner No. 5, County of	2.39	&10000000000000846000000846	&10000000000000811000000811
Millet	Wetaskiwin No. 10, County of	3.74		&100000000000020920000002,092
Morinville	Sturgeon County	11.34	&100000000000085040000008,504	&100000000000085690000008,569	Municipal seat
Mundare	Lamont County	4.20	&10000000000000823000000823	&10000000000000855000000855
Nanton	Willow Creek No. 26, M.D. of	4.80	&100000000000021240000002,124	&100000000000021320000002,132
Okotoks	Foothills No. 31, M.D. of	19.24	&1000000000002398100000023,981	&1000000000002451100000024,511
Olds	Mountain View County	14.87		&100000000000082350000008,235
Onoway	Lac Ste. Anne County	3.44	&100000000000010210000001,021	&100000000000010390000001,039
Oyen	Special Area No. 3	4.93	&100000000000011900000001,190	&10000000000000973000000973
Peace River	Northern Lights, County of Northern Sunrise County Peace No. 135, M.D. of	25.92		&100000000000067440000006,744	Municipal seat Formerly known as Peace River Crossing prior to May 22, 1916
Penhold	Red Deer County	5.33	&100000000000023220000002,322	&100000000000023750000002,375
Picture Butte	Lethbridge, County of	2.90	&100000000000016580000001,658	&100000000000016500000001,650
Pincher Creek	Pincher Creek No. 9, M.D. of	10.19	&100000000000037120000003,712	&100000000000036850000003,685	Municipal seat
Ponoka	Ponoka County	13.05		&100000000000067730000006,773	Municipal seat
Provost	Provost No. 52, M.D. of	4.93		&100000000000020410000002,041	Municipal seat
Rainbow Lake	Mackenzie County	11.04	&100000000000010820000001,082	&10000000000000870000000870
Raymond	Warner No. 5, County of	6.85	&100000000000038640000003,864	&100000000000037430000003,743
Redcliff	Cypress County	16.20		&100000000000055880000005,588
Redwater	Sturgeon County	20.12		&100000000000019150000001,915
Rimbey	Ponoka County	11.34	&100000000000024960000002,496	&100000000000023780000002,378
Rocky Mountain House	Clearwater County	12.99	&100000000000072310000007,231	&100000000000069330000006,933	Municipal seat
Sedgewick	Flagstaff County	2.60		&10000000000000857000000857	Municipal seat
Sexsmith	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of	13.43	&100000000000022550000002,255	&100000000000024180000002,418
Slave Lake	Lesser Slave River No. 124, M.D. of	14.18	&100000000000070310000007,031	&100000000000067820000006,782	Municipal seat
Smoky Lake	Smoky Lake County	4.20		&100000000000010220000001,022	Municipal seat
Spirit River	Spirit River No. 133, M.D. of	2.81		&100000000000010250000001,025	Municipal seat
St. Paul	St. Paul No. 19, County of	7.89	&100000000000056320000005,632	&100000000000054000000005,400	Municipal seat Formerly known as St. Paul de Métis prior to December 15, 1932
Stavely	Willow Creek No. 26, M.D. of	1.62	&10000000000000497000000497	&10000000000000505000000505
Stettler	Stettler No. 6, County of	13.12	&100000000000058430000005,843	&100000000000057480000005,748	Municipal seat
Stony Plain	Parkland County	35.61	&1000000000001417700000014,177	&1000000000001505100000015,051
Strathmore	Wheatland County	27.28	&1000000000001213900000012,139	&1000000000001230500000012,305	Municipal seat
Sundre	Mountain View County	11.16		&100000000000026100000002,610
Swan Hills	Big Lakes, M.D. of	25.44	&100000000000018580000001,858	&100000000000014650000001,465
Sylvan Lake	Red Deer County	15.62	&1000000000001111500000011,115	&1000000000001232700000012,327
Taber	Taber, M.D. of	15.09	&100000000000079350000007,935	&100000000000081040000008,104	Municipal seat
Three Hills	Kneehill County	5.63	&100000000000033220000003,322	&100000000000031980000003,198	Municipal seat
Tofield	Beaver County	8.17		&100000000000021820000002,182
Trochu	Kneehill County	2.82	&100000000000011130000001,113	&100000000000010720000001,072
Turner Valley	Foothills No. 31, M.D. of	5.45	&100000000000020220000002,022	&100000000000021670000002,167
Two Hills	Two Hills No. 21, County of	3.31	&100000000000012320000001,232	&100000000000013790000001,379	Municipal seat
Valleyview	Greenview No. 16, M.D. of	9.66	&100000000000018840000001,884	&100000000000017610000001,761	Municipal seat
Vauxhall	Taber, M.D. of	2.88		&100000000000012880000001,288
Vegreville	Minburn No. 27, County of	13.92	&100000000000058340000005,834	&100000000000057170000005,717	Municipal seat
Vermilion	Vermilion River, County of	13.69	&100000000000044720000004,472	&100000000000039300000003,930
Viking	Beaver County	3.76		&100000000000010410000001,041
Vulcan	Vulcan County	6.58		&100000000000018360000001,836
Wainwright	Wainwright No. 61, M.D. of	9.17	&100000000000057750000005,775	&100000000000059250000005,925	Municipal seat
Wembley	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of	4.54		&100000000000013830000001,383
Westlock	Westlock County	13.57	&100000000000049640000004,964	&100000000000048230000004,823
Whitecourt	Woodlands County	26.14	&100000000000092020000009,202	&100000000000096050000009,605	Municipal seat

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