The Rural Municipality of Ritchot (french: Municipalité rurale de Ritchot) is a

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in the

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, bordering the south side of

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, Canada. The separately-administered town of Niverville lies adjacent to its southeast, between it and the

Rural Municipality of Hanover The Rural Municipality of Hanover is a rural municipality (RM) in southeastern Manitoba, Canada, located southeast of Winnipeg in Division No. 2. It is Manitoba's most populous rural municipality and fourth-most populous municipality overall (b ...

Water

Due to population growth within the R.M., an application to expand and improve the water distribution system was made in 2017. The C$5 million project would involve twinning of the distribution pipe between Ste. Agathe and St. Adolphe, twinning of the distribution pipe between Ste. Agathe and Grande Pointe, expansion of the Water Treatment Plant tank to store 1 additional megalitre, and a wider pipe to allow for a 50-litre per second flow from the well.

Climate

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Ritchot had a population of 7,469 living in 2,712 of its 2,769 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 6,679. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Although once it was predominantly French, 35.4% of the municipality's population spoke French in 2016.

Government

Ritchot is a municipal style government with four councillors and one head of council, known as the mayor. The four councillors represent wards. Ward 1 is formed by the Île des Chênes area, Ward 2 by the St. Adolphe area, Ward 3 by the areas south of PR 210 including Ste. Agathe and Ward 4 by the areas north of PR 210, including Howden and Grande Pointe. The municipal offices are located in St. Adolphe.

Members

The council of the RM include: * Mayor: Chris Ewen * Councillor/Deputy Mayor: Shane Pelletier (Ward 1) * Councillor: Ron Mamchuk (Ward 2) * Councillor: Curtis Claydon (Ward 3) * Councillor: Janine Boulanger (Ward 4)

Communities

* Glenlea * Grande Pointe *

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* Île-des-Chênes * St. Adolphe * Ste. Agathe

References

External links

Rural Municipality of Ritchot

Map of Ritchot R.M. at Statcan
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