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Locality: Baddeck
Region: Nova Scotia
Country: Canada
Population: 818
Timezone: America/Halifax

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Settlement.name: Baddeck
Settlement.official_name: Village of Baddeck
Settlement.native_name: Miꞌkmawiꞌsimk: Apatakwitk
Settlement.other_name: Scottish Gaelic: Badaig
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: DGJ 4906 - Kidston Island Lighthouse (6448400771).jpg
Settlement.image_caption: The Kidston Island Lighthouse which also appears on the village seal.
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Baddeck, Nova Scotia
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 275
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Victoria County
Settlement.government_type: Village commission
Settlement.established_title2: Incorporated
Settlement.established_date2: 1908
Settlement.area_land_km2: 2.11

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Baddeck () is a village on Cape Breton Island in northeastern Nova Scotia, Canada. It is situated in the centre of Cape Breton, approximately 6 km east of where the Baddeck River empties into Bras d'Or Lake.

Baddeck is the shire-town of the Municipality of Victoria County, with an elected village commission having limited authority over water, sewer, side streets and some bylaws. The population was 818 in the 2021 Census of Population.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Baddeck” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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