The Rural Municipality of Frenchman Butte No. 501 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the

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within Census Division No. 17 and Division No. 6.

History

The RM of Frenchman Butte No. 501 incorporated as a rural municipality on January 1, 1954. It was formed through the amalgamation of the RMs of Paradise Hill No. 501 and North Star No. 531 on December 31, 1953.

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM. ;

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* St. Walburg ; Villages * Paradise Hill The following unincorporated communities are within the RM. ;

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s * Frenchman Butte ;Localities * Fort Pitt *

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* Onion Lake The RM also surrounds Seekaskootch First Nation Indian Reserve No. 119 and borders

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Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, the RM of Frenchman Butte No. 501 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 Frenchman Butte No. 501 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 Frenchman Butte No. 501 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Thursday of every month. The

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of the RM is Barbara Bonnie Mills-Midgley while its administrator is Mae Rotsey. The RM's office is located in Paradise Hill.

Transportation

;Rail *North Battleford - Turtleford Branch C.N.R—serves North Battleford, Hamlin, Prince, Meota, Vawn, Edam, Longstaff, Mervin, Turtleford, Cleeves, Spruce Lake, St. Walburg ;RoadsEversoft Streets and Trips * Highway 797—serves Fort Pitt and Onion Lake and Frenchman Butte * Highway 21 -- * Highway 26—intersects

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* Highway 795 -- *

—serves Paradise Hill

References

{{SKDivision17 F * Division No. 17, Saskatchewan