Chester Municipal District, Nova Scotia

This article is about the municipal district. For the village, see Chester, Nova Scotia (community).

Chester
—  Municipal district  —
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Location of Chester Municipal District
Coordinates: 44°39′N 64°18′W / 44.65°N 64.3°W / 44.65; -64.3
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
County	Lunenburg
Founded	1759
Incorporated	April 17, 1879
Electoral Districts     Federal	South Shore—St. Margaret's
Provincial	Chester-St. Margaret's / Lunenburg
Government
- Type	Chester Municipal Council
- Municipal Seat	Chester
- Warden	Allen Webber
Area[1]
- Land	1,120.75 km2 (432.7 sq mi)
Population (2006)[1][2]
- Total	10,741
- Density	9.6/km2 (24.9/sq mi)
- Change 2001-06	0.4%
- Census Ranking	352 of 5,008
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
- Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)
Area code(s)	902 - 275
Dwellings	6,161
Median Income*	$42,776 CDN
Website	www.chester.ca
*Median household income, 2005 (all households)

The Municipality of the District of Chester is a municipal district in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia.

Occupying the northeastern half of Lunenburg County, the district's administrative seat is the village of Chester.

Demographics

Population trend[3] Census Population Change (%) 2006 24,687 0.4% 2001 10,781 1.7% 1996 10,602 1.5% 1991 10,762 N/A

Mother tongue language (2006)[1] Language Population Pct (%) English only 10,145 95.40% Other languages 365 3.43% French only 110 1.03% Both English and French 15 0.14%

Communities

Aldersville Aspotogan Bayswater Beech Hill Blandford Canaan Chester Chester Basin Chester Grant Deep Cove East Chester East River Forties Settlement Fox Point Franey Corner Fraxville

Gold River Hubbards, in part Lake Ramsay Leville Marriotts Cove Martins Point Mill Cove Mill Road New Ross New Russell Northwest Cove Seffernville Sherwood Western Shore Windsor Road

See also

• List of communities in Nova Scotia

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Chester Municipal District, Nova Scotia
2. ^ Statistics Canada Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data
3. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census

External links

• Municipality of the District of Chester website

Coordinates: 44°39′N 64°18′W / 44.65°N 64.3°W / 44.65; -64.3