Balzac

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Balzac

Coordinates51.22°, -114.00°

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Overview

Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, described as a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

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Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Zach Boychuk

Canadian ice hockey player

Dana Tyrell

Canadian ice hockey player

Darcy Campbell

Canadian ice hockey defenceman

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Jennifer Hartley

Canadian ringette player

Katie Rox

Canadian singer

Aaron Dell

Canadian ice hockey goaltender

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Rory Bushfield

Canadian extreme skier

Angela Pitt

Alberta politician

Jake Neighbours

Canadian ice hockey player

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Oliver Hansen

Canadian ice hockey player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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• CrossIron
  1.1 mi away
• Delacour
  10.9 mi away
• Kathyrn
  12.9 mi away
• Fairview Hutterite Colony
  15 mi away
• Keoma
  15.3 mi away
• Beiseker Hutterite Colony
  18.3 mi away
• Lyalta
  18.8 mi away
• Madden
  19.1 mi away
• Cheadle
  24.5 mi away · pop. 300
• Redwood Meadows
  26.7 mi away
• De Winton
  27.1 mi away
• Priddis Greens
  28 mi away

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Geography & sun

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Public attention

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Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Skillet, Lincoln, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-07-29 · 192 mi
• Wildfire Parker Lake, Boundary, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-08-23 · 199 mi
• Wildfire Silver, Boundary, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-08-23 · 214 mi
• Wildfire Deer Creek, Lincoln, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-08-20 · 216 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).