Clarenville
Key facts
- Settlement.government_type
- Clarenville Town Council
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- John Pickett
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Member of Parliament
- Settlement.leader_name1
- Jonathan Rowe
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 140.81
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
- Settlement.population_total
- 6,704
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 44.7
- Settlement.timezone
- Newfoundland Time
- Settlement.name
- Clarenville
- Settlement.official_name
- Town of Clarenville
Article
8 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Clarenville Railway Station Registered Heritage Structure
- Recreation
- Demographics
- See also
- References
- External links
Clarenville is a town on the east coast of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Clarenville was incorporated in 1951. It is located in the Shoal Harbour valley, fronting an arm of the Atlantic Ocean called Random Sound.
The town grew in importance after it became a junction on the Newfoundland Railway, where a branch line to the Bonavista Peninsula left the main line. The construction of the Trans-Canada Highway through the community in the 1960s resulted in it becoming a local service centre for central-eastern Newfoundland, serving 96,000 people living in 90 communities within a 100 km radius. Clarenville is centrally located and within two hours' driving time of 70% of the province's population.