The Rural Municipality of Lorne is a former
rural municipality
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These include:
* Rural municipalities in Canada, a type of municipal status in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, ...
(RM) in the
Canadian
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province
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of Manitoba. It was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on February 14, 1880. It ceased on January 1, 2015 as a result of its
provincially mandated amalgamation
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with the
Village of Notre Dame de Lourdes and the
Village of Somerset to form the
Municipality of Lorne
The Municipality of Lorne (french: Municipalité de Lorne) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba.
History
The RM was created on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RM of Lorne and the villages of Notre-Dam ...
.
The main reserve of the
Swan Lake First Nation is located within the former RM.
Communities
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Altamont
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Bruxelles
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Cardinal
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Mariapolis
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St. Alphonse
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St. Leon
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St. Lupicin
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Swan Lake
References
External links
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Map of Lorne R.M. at Statcan
Lorne
Manitoba communities with majority francophone populations
Populated places disestablished in 2015
2015 disestablishments in Manitoba
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