Brazeau County
Brazeau County | |
|---|---|
Location within Alberta | |
| Coordinates: 53°13′20″N 114°58′37″W / 53.22222°N 114.97694°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Region | Central Alberta |
| Census division | 11 |
| Improvement district | December 31, 1987 |
| Municipal district | July 1, 1988 |
| Name change | October 1, 2002 |
| Government | |
| • Reeve | Bart Guyon |
| • Governing body | Brazeau County Council |
| • CAO | Rudy Friesen CAO |
| • Administrative office | north of Drayton Valley |
| Area (2021) | |
| • Land | 3,000.14 km2 (1,158.36 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 7,179 |
| • Density | 2.4/km2 (6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| Website | brazeau.ab.ca |
Brazeau County is a municipal district in central Alberta, Canada. It is located in Census Division 11. The municipal district was incorporated on July 1, 1988 from Improvement District No. 222. On October 1, 2002, the name was changed from Municipal District of Brazeau No. 77 to Brazeau County.
It is named for the Brazeau River, in turn named for Joseph Brazeau, a linguist associated with the Palliser Expedition.