 The other major contributor to this common belief is that a "county" was once a former municipal status type in Alberta prior to the County Act being repealed in the mid-1990s.Those municipalities that were once officially incorporated as counties were continued under the Municipal Government Act (MGA) as municipal districts and were permitted to retain the term "county" in their official names.More than half of the 63 municipal districts have their main administration offices, including council chambers, in a separate municipality such as a city, town, or village.