Oyen
Sign in to saveOyen is a town in Southern Alberta, Canada near the Saskatchewan boundary and north of Medicine Hat. It is on Highway 41, south of its junction with Highway 9.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Oyen
- Settlement.official_name
- Town of Oyen
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_map
- 0241 Town Oyen, Alberta Locator.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in Special Area No. 3
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- Alberta
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Oyen in Alberta
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Canada
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Alberta
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Southern Alberta
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Census division
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- 4
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- Special Area
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Special Area No. 3
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Alberta
- Population
- 917
- Area
- 5.28
- Elevation
- 770
- Shares border with
- Coronation
- Official website
- www.townofoyen.com
- Image
- Oyen, Alberta, Canada (21601247210).jpg
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- Oyen, Alberta
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Geography
- Climate
- Demographics
- Attractions
- Infrastructure
- Education
- Notable people
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- References
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Oyen is a town in Southern Alberta, Canada near the Saskatchewan boundary and north of Medicine Hat. It is on Highway 41, south of its junction with Highway 9.
Early name, Bishopburg, was changed in 1912 to honour Andrew Oyen, an early settler who sold his homestead for the townsite.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oyen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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