Red Deer County
Red Deer County | |
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Highway 11 passing through ranch land and aspen parkland in Red Deer County | |
Location within Alberta | |
| Coordinates: 52°16′5″N 113°48′40″W / 52.26806°N 113.81111°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Region | Central Alberta |
| Census division | 8 |
| Established | 1944 |
| Incorporated | 1963 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jim Wood |
| • Governing body | Red Deer County Council
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| • Manager | Curtis Herzberg |
| • MP | Blaine Calkins, Burton Bailey |
| • Administrative office | west of Red Deer |
| Area (2021) | |
| • Land | 3,919.25 km2 (1,513.23 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 19,933 |
| • Density | 5.1/km2 (13/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| Forward sortation area | |
| Website | rdcounty.ca |
Red Deer County is a municipal district in central Alberta, Canada within Census Division No. 8 and surrounding the City of Red Deer. The neighbouring municipalities of Red Deer County are Clearwater County to the west, Lacombe County to the north, the County of Stettler No. 6 to the east, Kneehill County to the southeast and Mountain View County to the south. It is located approximately midway between Edmonton and Calgary, bisected by the Queen Elizabeth II Highway and bounded on the north and east by the Red Deer River.