The Rural Municipality of Pense No. 160 (
2016 population: ) is a
rural municipality
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These include:
* Rural municipality (Canada), Rural municipalities in Canada, a Lists of municipalities in Canada, type of municipa ...
(RM) in the
Canadian province
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of
Saskatchewan
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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 Pense No. 160 incorporated as a rural municipality on January 1, 1913.
Prior to incorporation, the RM had its beginnings in 1897 with a single township having been formed as a
local improvement district Business improvement districts (BIDs), also known as local improvement districts (LIDs), are Special district (United States), special districts within a city that are overseen by a nonprofit entity. In the United States, BIDs are typically funded b ...
(LID).
In 1904, small LIDs made way for larger LIDs formed in accordance with the LID Ordinance of 1903.
[ The larger LID No. 160 ultimately preceded the formation of the RM of Pense No. 160.][ In 1923, the population of the RM of Pense No. 160 had risen 2,227 residents.
]
Geography
Nicolle Flats Nature Area (Buffalo Pound Provincial Park) is located in the RM as well. The burrowing owl
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(athene cunicularia), an endangered animal, makes its home in this area. Bigmouth buffalo
Bigmouth may refer to:
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Marine life
* Bigmouth buffalo, fish
* Bigmouth ...
(ictiobus cyprinellus) is of special concern in this ecoregion.
Communities and localities
The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM.
;Towns
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
* Pense
;Villages
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* Belle Plaine
The following unincorporated communities are within the RM.
;Localities
* Cottonwood
* Eastview
*Kalium
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* Keystown
*Madrid
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* Pattee
* Schulerville
* Stelcam
* Stony Beach
*Stony Beach Airport
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population
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conducted by Statistics Canada
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, the RM of Pense No. 160 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.
Government
The RM of Pense No. 160 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Wednesday 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 Tom Lemon while its administrator is Cathy Ripplinger.[ The RM's office is located in Pense.][
]
Infrastructure
Within this RM are of roads of which the Highway 1
The following highways are numbered 1.
For roads numbered A1, see list of A1 roads.
For roads numbered B1, see list of B1 roads.
For roads numbered M1, see List of M1 roads.
For roads numbered N1, see list of N1 roads.
For roads numbered ...
(the Trans-Canada Highway
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) is one of the main roads.
Education
This rural municipality was home to several one room school districts such as Leamington, Rose Park, Eastview, Fairville, Coulee, Stony Beach, Rocky Lake, Sarawak, Bruceville, Wayside, Kenilworth, Cottonwood, Wellington, Broadway, Coventry, Blink Bonny, Wascana and Fosest.
References
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Division No. 6, Saskatchewan