Oyen

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Oyen

Elevation770 m

Land area5.28 km²

Coordinates51.35°, -110.49°

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Oyen is a town in Southern Alberta, Canada near the Saskatchewan boundary and north of Medicine Hat. It is on Highway 41, 4 km (2.5 mi) south of its junction with Highway 9.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

A

Arthur Kroeger

Canadian academic and civil servant

Rick Strankman

Alberta politician

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

Nearby places in Alberta

• Benton Station
  6.6 mi away
• Acadia Hutterite Colony
  10.7 mi away
• Sibbald
  14.7 mi away
• Acadia Valley
  18 mi away
• Sedalia
  23.5 mi away
• Youngstown
  33.1 mi away
• Bindloss
  34 mi away
• Buffalo
  38.5 mi away
• Hemaruka
  39.2 mi away
• Kirriemuir
  39.9 mi away
• Atlee
  40.2 mi away
• Compeer
  40.5 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Oyen

Many trails crossed here

1981

Survey of Oyen

Alberta. Publicity Bureau. · 1970

Hydrogeology of the Oyen area, Alberta

D. Borneuf · 1979

Geology of Oyen, West of Fourth Meridian, Alberta

Geological Survey of Canada. · 1966

Reconnaissance Groundwater Survey of the Oyen Map-Area, Alberta

Research Council of Alberta. · 1962

The Kerrobert-Oyen region of Saskatchewan and Alberta

Henry R. Fast · 1974

16 cemeteries in the Oyen, Acadia Valley, Loverna (Sask.) area

Alberta Genealogical Society · 1996

Reconnaissance soil survey of the Oyen map sheet-72M (Report ... of the Alberta Institute of Pedology)

A. A Kjearsgaard · 1988

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Holm RX Prescribed Fire, Blaine, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-04-17 · 182 mi

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

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Oyen, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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