Arran ( 2016 population: ) is a

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in the

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within the

Rural Municipality of Livingston No. 331 The Rural Municipality of Livingston No. 331 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 9 and Division No. 4. History The RM of Livingston No. 331 incorporated as ...

and Census Division No. 9. The village is approximately 90 km northeast of the City of

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and 10 km west of the

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border. Arran is located on Highway 49.

History

The area around Arran was part of the "North Reserve", also known as "Thunder Hill Reserve", one of the

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areas allocated for the

Doukhobor The Doukhobours or Dukhobors (russian: духоборы / духоборцы, dukhobory / dukhobortsy; ) are a Spiritual Christian ethnoreligious group of Russian origin. They are one of many non-Orthodox ethno-confessional faiths in Russia a ...

immigrants who arrived in 1899 from

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Arran incorporated as a village on September 21, 1916. The village was named after the

Isle of Arran The Isle of Arran (; sco, Isle o Arran; gd, Eilean Arainn) or simply Arran is an island off the west coast of Scotland. It is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde and the seventh-largest Scottish island, at . Historically part of Butesh ...

in Scotland. ;Historic sites * Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Ascension,Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Ascension
- Historic Register of Canada 9.5 kilometres southeast of Arran.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Arran had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Arran recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

Climate

Education

Arran School opened on November 30, 1914 and closed on June 30, 1994.Closure plaque
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References

Villages in Saskatchewan Livingston No. 331, Saskatchewan Division No. 9, Saskatchewan {{SKDivision9-geo-stub

History

Demographics

Climate

Education

See also

References