Rural Municipality of Loreburn No. 254
rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada
The Rural Municipality of Loreburn No. 254 (2016 population: 327) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 11 and SARM Division No. 5. It is located in the south-central portion of the province.
History
The RM of Loreburn No. 254 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 12, 1910.
Geography
Communities and localities
The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM.
Villages
Elbow
Hawarden
Loreburn
Strongfield
The following unincorporated communities are within the RM.
Localities
Cutbank
Attractions
Danielson Provincial Park
Elbow Harbour Recreation Site
Gardiner Dam
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Loreburn No. 254 had a population of 380 living in 140 of its 151 total private dwellings, a change of 16.2% from its 2016 population of 327. With a land area of 958.42 km2 (370.05 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.4/km2 (1.0/sq mi) in 2021.
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