Display Name: Municipal District and County Label 2
Description: This layer represents the Municiapal District and County labeled with the either the Municipal Dsitrict name or County name. This layer is not visible beyond the scale 1:216,671. The Municipal District dataset is comprised of all the polygons that represent Municipal Districts in Alberta. Municipal District is a municipality type defined under the authority of the Municipal Government Act. The formation of a Municipal District occur when a majority of the buildings used as dwellings are on parcels of land with an area of at least 1850 square meters and there is a population of 1000 or more. A municipal district is a government form in rural areas of the province.