Empress, Alberta
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| Census division | No. 4 |
| Special Area | No. 2 |
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Village Population |
171 (2001) |
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| Time zone | Mountain: UTC -7 |
| Postal code span | T0J 1E0 |
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| Highways | Highway 562 |
| Waterways | Water tower holding water from Red Deer River |
| Mayor | Bev Fardon |
| Governing body | Empress Village Council |
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Empress is a village located along the Alberta/Saskatchewan border; in southern Alberta 121 km north of Medicine Hat. The town was named, in 1913, for Queen Victoria, who was also Empress of India.[1] In the past known as the "Hub of the West" connected major cities together by the CP railway.
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