Old Town Lunenburg
Also known as Lunenburg Old Town
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (iv), (v).
Region
Europe and North America
Canada
Inscribed
1995
Area
34 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Old Town Lunenburg is about 65 km south-west of Halifax. The nearest other World Heritage site is Landscape of Grand Pré, about 80 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Halifax · about 359,000 peopleabout 65 km north-east
- Saint John · about 88,000 peopleabout 170 km north-west
- New Glasgow · about 20,000 peopleabout 190 km north-east
- Moncton · about 91,000 peopleabout 190 km north
- Charlottetown · about 42,000 peopleabout 230 km north-east
- Fredericton · about 52,000 peopleabout 250 km north-west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
CanadaCultural81 km away
CanadaNatural153 km away
CanadaNatural580 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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