The Rural Municipality of Biggar No. 347 ( 2016 population: ) is a

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(RM) in the

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within Census Division No. 12 and Division No. 6.

History

The RM of Biggar No. 347 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 11, 1911.

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM. ;

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* Biggar The following unincorporated communities are within the RM. ;

Special service area Communities in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada include Incorporation (municipal government), incorporated municipalities, Unincorporated community, unincorporated communities and First Nations in Canada, First Nations communities. Types of ...

s * Springwater (dissolved as a village December 31, 2006) ;Localities *

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* Castlewood * Cazalet * Duperow * Monarchvale *

Naseby Naseby is a village in West Northamptonshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 687. The village is 14 mi (22.5 km) north of Northampton, 13.3 mi (21.4 km) northeast of Daventry, and 7 ...

* Neola *

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* Vance

Biggar & District Regional Park

Biggar & District Regional Park () is a small

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located about one kilometre north of Biggar on Highway 4. The park has an 11-site campground and an open area for group camping with two cook shacks. Just north of the campground is the 9-hole, grass green golf course. Each hole has two spots to tee off from.

Demographics

In the

2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...

conducted by

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, the RM of Biggar No. 347 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 RM of Biggar No. 347 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.

Government

The RM of Biggar No. 347 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the third Tuesday of every month. The reeve of the RM is Jeanne Marie de Moissac while its administrator is Sandi Silvernagle. The RM's office is located in Biggar.

References

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