List of municipalities in Nova Scotia
List of municipalities

List of municipalities in Nova Scotia

Section Title: List of municipalities
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Name	Municipal type	Incorporation date	2016 Census of Population

Population (2016)	Population (2011)	Change	Land area (km²)	Population density

Cape Breton	Regional municipality	August 1, 1995	94,285	97,398	−3.2%	2,430.06	38.8/km2

Halifax	Regional municipality	April 1, 1996	403,131	390,086	+3.3%	5,490.35	73.4/km2

Queens	Regional municipality	April 1, 1996	10,307	10,917	−5.6%	2,392.63	4.3/km2

Annapolis	County municipality	April 17, 1879	18,252	18,526	−1.5%	3,178.21	5.7/km2

Antigonish	County municipality	April 17, 1879	14,584	14,692	−0.7%	1,450.27	10.1/km2

Colchester	County municipality	April 17, 1879	36,091	36,624	−1.5%	3,572.49	10.1/km2

Cumberland	County municipality	April 17, 1879	19,402	20,485	−5.3%	4,255.04	4.6/km2

Inverness	County municipality	April 17, 1879	13,190	13,781	−4.3%	3,815.59	3.5/km2

Kings	County municipality	April 17, 1879	47,404	47,569	−0.3%	2,094.05	22.6/km2

Pictou	County municipality	April 17, 1879	20,692	21,278	−2.8%	2,797.25	7.4/km2

Richmond	County municipality	April 17, 1879	8,458	8,812	−4.0%	1,243.72	6.8/km2

Victoria	County municipality	April 17, 1879	6,552	6,597	−0.7%	2,854.01	2.3/km2

Argyle	District municipality	April 17, 1879	7,899	8,252	−4.3%	1,528.17	5.2/km2

Barrington	District municipality	April 17, 1879	6,646	6,994	−5.0%	632.35	10.5/km2

Chester	District municipality	April 17, 1879	10,310	10,599	−2.7%	1,122.11	9.2/km2

Clare	District municipality	April 17, 1879	8,018	8,319	−3.6%	852.55	9.4/km2

Digby	District municipality	April 17, 1879	7,107	7,463	−4.8%	1,657.33	4.3/km2

East Hants	District municipality	April 17, 1879	22,453	22,111	+1.5%	1,786.56	12.6/km2

Guysborough	District municipality	April 17, 1879	4,670	4,995	−6.5%	2,116.86	2.2/km2

Lunenburg	District municipality	April 17, 1879	24,863	25,118	−1.0%	1,759.59	14.1/km2

Shelburne	District municipality	April 17, 1879	4,288	4,408	−2.7%	1,821.07	2.4/km2

St. Mary's	District municipality	April 17, 1879	2,233	2,354	−5.1%	1,909.47	1.2/km2

West Hants	District municipality	April 17, 1879	15,368	15,324	+0.3%	1,244.09	12.4/km2

Yarmouth	District municipality	April 17, 1879	9,845	10,105	−2.6%	586.65	16.8/km2

Amherst	Town	December 18, 1889	9,413	9,717	−3.1%	12.07	779.9/km2

Annapolis Royal	Town	November 29, 1892	491	481	+2.1%	2.04	240.7/km2

Antigonish	Town	January 9, 1889	4,364	4,524	−3.5%	5.01	871.1/km2

Berwick	Town	May 25, 1923	2,509	2,454	+2.2%	6.58	381.3/km2

Bridgewater	Town	February 13, 1899	8,532	8,241	+3.5%	13.63	626.0/km2

Clark's Harbour	Town	March 4, 1919	758	820	−7.6%	2.81	269.8/km2

Digby	Town	December 18, 1890	2,060	2,152	−4.3%	3.15	654.0/km2

Kentville	Town	May 1, 1886	6,271	6,094	+2.9%	17.26	363.3/km2

Lockeport	Town	February 26, 1907	531	588	−9.7%	2.33	227.9/km2

Lunenburg	Town	October 29, 1888	2,263	2,313	−2.2%	4.04	560.1/km2

Mahone Bay	Town	March 31, 1919	1,036	943	+9.9%	3.12	332.1/km2

Middleton	Town	May 31, 1909	1,832	1,749	+4.7%	5.57	328.9/km2

Mulgrave	Town	December 1, 1923	722	794	−9.1%	17.83	40.5/km2

New Glasgow	Town	May 6, 1875	9,075	9,562	−5.1%	9.96	911.1/km2

Oxford	Town	April 19, 1904	1,190	1,151	+3.4%	10.76	110.6/km2

Pictou	Town	May 4, 1874	3,186	3,437	−7.3%	8.01	397.8/km2

Port Hawkesbury	Town	January 22, 1889	3,214	3,366	−4.5%	8.1	396.8/km2

Shelburne	Town	April 4, 1907	1,743	1,686	+3.4%	8.84	197.2/km2

Stellarton	Town	October 22, 1889	4,208	4,485	−6.2%	8.99	468.1/km2

Stewiacke	Town	August 30, 1906	1,373	1,438	−4.5%	17.62	77.9/km2

Trenton	Town	March 18, 1911	2,474	2,616	−5.4%	6.07	407.6/km2

Truro	Town	May 6, 1875	12,261	12,059	+1.7%	34.49	355.5/km2

Westville	Town	August 20, 1894	3,628	3,798	−4.5%	14.23	255.0/km2

Windsor	Town	April 4, 1878	3,648	3,785	−3.6%	9.11	400.4/km2

Wolfville	Town	March 4, 1893	4,195	4,269	−1.7%	6.46	649.4/km2

Yarmouth	Town	August 6, 1890	6,518	6,761	−3.6%	10.57	616.7/km2

Total regional municipalities	—	—	507,723	498,401	+1.9%	10,313.04	49.2/km2

Total county municipalities	—	—	184,625	188,364	−2.0%	25,260.63	7.3/km2

Total district municipalities	—	—	123,700	126,042	−1.9%	17,016.8	7.3/km2

Total towns	—	—	97,495	99,283	−1.8%	248.65	392.1/km2

Total municipalities	—	—	913,543	912,090	+0.2%	52,839.12	17.3/km2

Province of Nova Scotia	—	—	923,598	921,727	+0.2%	52,942.27	17.45/km2

Sentence(s)

Digby is a district municipality in Digby County, Nova Scotia.

final_sentence: Digby is a district municipality in Digby County, Nova Scotia.