The Rural Municipality of Lajord No. 128 ( 2016 population: ) is a

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(RM) in the

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within Census Division No. 6 and Division No. 2. It is located in the southeast portion of the province.

History

The RM of Lajord No. 128 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 13, 1909. ;Heritage properties There are three historical buildings located within the RM. *''Church and Grotto in St. Peter's Colony'' (now called St. Peter's Colony) - Constructed in 1905 as a church and shrine of our Lady of Lourdes. *''Kronau Cemetery Site'' (formerly called Bethlehem Lutheran Church Cemetery; and now called the Kronau Bethlehem Heritage Cemetery) - Constructed in 1896, by early German-Russian Lutheran homesteaders. The cemetery is near the site of a former one room school house where services were held until a church was constructed. The cemetery is located near the hamlet of

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.Kronau Cemetery Site

Geography

Communities and localities

The following unincorporated communities are within the RM. ;

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s * Davin *

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* Riceton

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, the RM of Lajord No. 128 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 Lajord No. 128 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 Lajord No. 128 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Tuesday of every month. The reeve of the RM is Armond Gervais while its administrator is Lynette Herauf. The RM's office is located in Lajord.

References

{{SKDivision6 Lajord * Division No. 6, Saskatchewan