Vegreville

Key facts

Settlement.name: Vegreville
Settlement.official_name: Town of Vegreville
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: Vegreville pysanka August 2008.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Vegreville egg
Settlement.blank_emblem_size: 200px
Settlement.pushpin_map: Canada Alberta#Canada
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Vegreville in Alberta
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Canada
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Alberta

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Geography
Climate
Demographics
Economy
Arts and culture
Pysanka Festival
Vegreville Country Fair
Attractions
Media
Infrastructure
Notable people
In popular culture
See also
References
Further reading
External links

Vegreville () is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is on Highway 16A approximately east of Edmonton, Alberta's capital city. It was incorporated as a town in 1906, and that year also saw the founding of the Vegreville Observer, a weekly newspaper for the region.

A large percentage of Vegreville's population is of Ukrainian Canadian descent, and it is home to the Vegreville egg, the world's second largest pysanka (Ukrainian Easter egg).