Official Name: | Lorelei |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Edmonton |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Lorelei in Edmonton |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | City |
Subdivision Name2: | Edmonton |
Subdivision Type3: | Quadrant[1] |
Subdivision Name3: | NW |
Subdivision Type4: | Ward |
Subdivision Name4: | tastawiyiniwak |
Subdivision Type5: | Sector[2] |
Subdivision Name5: | North |
Subdivision Type6: | Area[3] [4] |
Subdivision Name6: | Castle Downs |
Government Footnotes: | [5] |
Leader Title: | Administrative body |
Leader Name: | Edmonton City Council |
Leader Title1: | Councillor |
Area Footnotes: | [6] |
Area Total Km2: | 1.22 |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Total: | 4027 |
Population Density Km2: | 3300.8 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Change (2009–12) |
Population Blank1: | -3.4% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 1475 |
Coordinates: | 53.625°N -113.498°W |
Elevation M: | 682 |
Lorelei is a residential neighbourhood located in the Castledowns area of north Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
It is bounded on the north and west by Castledowns Road, on the east by 97 Street, and on the south by Beaumaris Road and 160 Avenue. Travel north along 97 Street takes residents past CFB Edmonton located just north of the city, while travel south along 97 Street takes residents past the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology and into the downtown core.
Most of the residences in the neighbourhood were built in the 1970s and 1980s, with residences being a mixture of single-family dwellings (57%), row houses (25%), walk-up apartments in buildings with five or fewer stories (10%) and duplexes (8%). Roughly three out of four residences are owner-occupied.
The community is represented by the Lorelei-Beaumaris Community League, established in 1978, which maintains a community hall and outdoor rink located at 103 Street and 162 Avenue.[7] [8]
In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Lorelei had a population of living in dwellings,[9] a -3.4% change from its 2009 population of .[10] With a land area of 1.22km2, it had a population density of people/km2 in 2012.[6] [9]