West Hants Regional Municipality

West Hants
Regional municipality
West Hants Regional Municipality Municipality of the District of West Hants (1879-2020) Region of Windsor and West Hants Municipality (2020)
Motto:  Windsor/West Hants Together
Location of West Hants Regional Municipality
Coordinates: 44°58′N 64°06′W / 44.967°N 64.100°W / 44.967; -64.100
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
County	Hants
Incorporated	April 17, 1879
Amalgamated	April 1, 2020
Name change	October 6, 2020
Electoral Districts     Federal	Kings—Hants
Provincial	Hants West
Government
• Type	West Hants Municipal Council
• Municipal Seat	Windsor
• Mayor	Abraham Zebian
Area [1]
• Land	1,244.09 km2 (480.35 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	15,368
• Density	12.4/km2 (32/sq mi)
• Change 2011-16	0.3%
• Census ranking	275 of 4,870
Time zone	UTC−04:00 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−03:00 (ADT)
Area code	902
Dwellings	6,101
Median Income*	$46,036 CAD
Website	Official website
Median household income, 2005 (all households)

West Hants, officially named the West Hants Regional Municipality, is a regional municipality in Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

It occupies the western half of Hants County, running from the Minas Basin to the boundary with Halifax County, sharing this boundary with the Municipality of the District of East Hants.

The Municipality of the District of West Hants amalgamated with Windsor on April 1, 2020, becoming the Region of Windsor and West Hants Municipality.^[3] It was renamed as West Hants Regional Municipality on October 6, 2020.^[4]