The Rural Municipality of Brenda is a former
rural municipality (RM) in the
Canadian province of Manitoba. It was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on December 22, 1883. It ceased on January 1, 2015 as a result of its
provincially mandated amalgamation
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with the
Village of Waskada to form the
Municipality of Brenda – Waskada.
The RM was located in the southwestern part of the province, along the border with the state of
North Dakota in the
United States. It had a 2006 Census population of 549 persons, a decline from the 2001 Census figure of 616 persons.
Geography
According to
Statistics Canada
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, the rural municipality had an area of 766.00 km
2 (295.75 sq mi). The main settlements within the RM were Goodlands, Leighton, Medora, and
Napinka
Napinka is an unincorporated community in southwestern Manitoba, Canada. The village of Napinka was incorporated on May 1, 1908. On January 1, 1986 the village dissolved and Napinka became part of the Rural Municipality of Brenda (now the Municip ...
.
Adjacent municipalities
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Rural Municipality of Arthur - (west)
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Rural Municipality of Cameron The Rural Municipality of Cameron is a former rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on November 16, 1896. It ceased on January 1, 2015 as a result of its provincially ma ...
- (north)
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Rural Municipality of Winchester - (east)
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Bottineau County, North Dakota - (south)
References
''Manitoba Historical Society - Rural Municipality of Brenda''Map of Brenda R.M. at Statcan
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Former rural municipalities in Manitoba
Populated places disestablished in 2015
2015 disestablishments in Manitoba