Belle Plaine ( 2016 population: ) is a

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in the

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within the Rural Municipality of Pense No. 160 and Census Division No. 6. Belle Plaine is located on

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(also known as the

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), 21 kilometres east of the City of

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in south-central Saskatchewan.

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and

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are located near Belle Plaine.

History

Belle Plaine incorporated as a village on August 12, 1910.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Belle Plaine 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 Belle Plaine 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.

Business

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at Belle Plaine * Terra Grain Fuels Ethanol Facility * Yara Belle Plaine - fertilizer production plant

Attractions

Qu'Appelle River Dam The Qu'appelle River Dam is the smaller of two embankment dams: which created Lake Diefenbaker in Saskatchewan, Canada. The larger dam is Gardiner Dam, the biggest embankment dam in Canada and one of the biggest in the world. Construction of b ...

Infrastructure

;Transportation * Highway 642 *

References

Villages in Saskatchewan Pense No. 160, Saskatchewan Division No. 6, Saskatchewan {{SKDivision6-geo-stub