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Enchant
Enchant is located in Alberta
Enchant
Enchant
Location in Alberta
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Census division No. 2
Municipal district Municipal District of Taber
Government
 • Type Unincorporated
Elevation
810 m (2,660 ft)
Time zone UTC−7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−6 (MDT)

Enchant is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Taber. It is located on Highway 526 and the Canadian Pacific Railway, between Vauxhall and Lomond. It has an elevation of 810 metres (2,660 ft).

The hamlet is located in census division No. 2 and in the federal riding of Medicine Hat.

Enchant was once incorporated as a village but was dissolved from village status on February 1, 1945. The railroad arrived in 1914 and the first grain elevator was completed in 1915.

Demographics

The Municipal District of Taber's 2016 municipal census counted a population of 259 in Enchant, a -10.4% change from the hamlet's 2013 municipal census population of 289.

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