Abram-Village
Rural municipality in Prince Edward Island, Canada
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Abram-Village is a rural municipality in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Abram-Village | |
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  Abram-Village in Prince Edward Island | |
| Coordinates: 46°27′15.9″N 64°4′18.9″W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Prince Edward Island |
| County | Prince County |
| Lot | 15 |
| Population | |
• Total | 340 |
| Time zone | AST |
| • Summer (DST) | ADT |
| Area code | 902 |
It is located in the township of Lot 15, approximately 27 kilometers west of the city of Summerside.
Located in the "Evangeline Region", a collection of Francophone Acadian communities in the central part of Prince County, Abram-Village is famous for its Acadian Festival during late August and early September.
The Commission scolaire de langue française, which administers the province's six French public schools, is headquartered in Abram-Village.
The community is home to the Western Red Wings of the Island Junior Hockey League.
History
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 313 | — |
| 1976 | 317 | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 351 | +10.7% |
| 1986 | 334 | −4.8% |
| 1991 | 311 | −6.9% |
| 1996 | 328 | +5.5% |
| 2001 | 342 | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 266 | −22.2% |
| 2011 | 267 | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 300 | +12.4% |
| 2021 | 340 | +13.3% |
| Abram-Village's 2016 population of 272 was adjusted to 300 in 2018.[2] Source: Statistics Canada [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] | ||
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Abram-Village had a population of 340 living in 145 of its 155 total private dwellings, a change of 13.3% from its 2016 population of 300. With a land area of 1.36 km2 (0.53 sq mi), it had a population density of 250.0/km2 (647.5/sq mi) in 2021.[12]
