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Inverness County, Nova Scotia
County in Nova Scotia, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the historical county. For the modern municipality, see Municipality of the County of Inverness.
Inverness County is an historical county and census division of Nova Scotia, Canada located on Cape Breton Island. Local government is provided by the Municipality of the County of Inverness, the town of Port Hawkesbury and the Whycocomagh 2 Waycobah First Nation reserve.
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![]() Location of Inverness County, Nova Scotia | |
Coordinates: 46.2°N 61.1°W / 46.2; -61.1 | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Nova Scotia |
Towns | Port Hawkesbury |
Established as Juste au Corps | 1835 |
Renamed Inverness | 1837 |
Incorporated | 17 April, 1879 |
Electoral Districts Federal | Cape Breton—Canso / Sydney—Victoria |
Provincial | Inverness |
Government | |
• Type | Municipality of the County of Inverness |
Area | |
• Land | 3,831.17 km2 (1,479.22 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 17,346 |
• Density | 4.5/km2 (12/sq mi) |
• Change 2016-21 | ![]() |
Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
Area code | 902 |
Dwellings | 9,876 |
Median Income* | $45,687 CDN |
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