The Rural Municipality of Marquis No. 191 ( 2016 population: ) is a

rural municipality A rural municipality is a classification of municipality, a type of local government, found in several countries. These include: * Rural municipality (Canada), Rural municipalities in Canada, a Lists of municipalities in Canada, type of municipa ...

(RM) in the

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within Census Division No. 7 and Division No. 2. It is located in the south-central portion of the province.

History

The RM of Marquis No. 191 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 11, 1911.

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM. ;

Villages A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

* Keeler *

Marquis A marquess (; french: marquis ), es, marqués, pt, marquês. is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The German language equivalent is Markgraf (margrave). A woman wi ...

The following unincorporated communities are within the RM. ;

Organized hamlet In most cases in Saskatchewan, a Hamlet (place), hamlet is an unincorporated community with at least five occupied dwellings situated on separate lots and at least 10 separate lots, the majority of which are an average size of less than one acre. S ...

s * Parkview ;Localities * South Lake * Sun Valley *

Tuxford Tuxford is a historic market town and a civil parish in the Bassetlaw District, Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 2,516, increasing to 2,649 at the 2011 census. Geography Nearby town ...

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

Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ...

, the RM of Marquis No. 191 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 Marquis No. 191 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 Marquis No. 191 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Tuesday of every month. The

reeve Reeve may refer to: Titles *Reeve (Canada), an elected chief executive of some counties, townships, and equivalents *Reeve (England), an official elected annually by the serfs to supervise lands for a lord *High-reeve, a title taken by some Englis ...

of the RM is Kenneth Waldenberger while its administrator is Samantha Millard. The RM's office is located in Marquis.

Gallery

File:Rural Municipality of Marquis St. Columba Anglican Church.jpg, St. Columba

Anglican Church Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the ...

in the R.M. of Marquis File:Rural Municipality of Marquis Football Team.jpg, The Clinton Football team in 1908 File:SouthLResort-SunValleyResort.jpg, Sun Valley Resort, Saskatchewan

References

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