The Rural Municipality of Poplar Valley No. 12 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the

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within Census Division No. 3 and Division No. 2. It is located in the southern portion of the province. It is adjacent to the United States border, neighbouring

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History

The RM of Poplar Valley No. 12 incorporated as a rural municipality on January 1, 1913.

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM. ;

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* Rockglen The following unincorporated communities are within the RM. ;Localities * Fife Lake The following parks are within the RM. ;Regional parks *

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Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, the RM of Poplar Valley No. 12 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 Poplar Valley No. 12 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 Poplar Valley No. 12 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Wednesday of every month. Current

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is Darrel Swanson, while its administrator is Lynn Fisher. Sitting Councellors as of the 2020 election are: *Terry Loucks - Division 1 *Kalissa Regier - Division 2 *Richard Kimball - Division 3 *Kendra Loucks - Division 4 *Brad Christopherson - Division 5 *Calvin Knoss - Division 6

Transportation

*The RM is a part owner of the Fife Lake Railway.Fife Lake Railway Project Best Practice Report
/ref> * Rockglen Airport * Highway 2 * Highway 18

References

{{SKDivision3 Poplar Valley Division No. 3, Saskatchewan