The Rural Municipality of Tullymet No. 216 (
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
Canadian province
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of
Saskatchewan
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within
Census Division No. 6 and
Division No. 1.
History
The RM of Tullymet No. 216 incorporated as a rural municipality on January 1, 1913.
;Heritage properties
There are three historical sites located within the RM.
*''File Hills Post Office\Thompson Farm'' - Constructed in 1900, the site is located five kilometres south of the Town of
Ituna
Ituna () is a town in Saskatchewan, Canada. In 2006, it had a population of 622. It is north-east of the capital Regina.
The town contains several businesses serving the local residents and rural community, including financial services, groc ...
.
*''Jewish Cemetery'' (also called the Lipton Jewish Cemetery) - Established in 1902, the cemetery is the resting place for early Jewish Romania immigrants.
*''Tullymet Yard'' (also called the Robertson Homestead; Tullymet Post Office; RM of Tullymet No. 216 Office) - Now used as a maintenance yard by the municipality, the yard was originally the Robertson Homestead when it was constructed from 1907 to 1937.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, the RM of Tullymet No. 216 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 Tullymet No. 216 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 Tullymet No. 216 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the first Tuesday of every month.
[ The reeve of the RM is Aaron Keisig while its administrator is Sheila Keisig.][ The RM's office is located in Balcarres.][
]
See also
*List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan
A rural municipality (RM) is a type of incorporated municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. A rural municipality is created by the Minister of Municipal Relations by ministerial order via section 49 of ''The Municipalities Act''. ...
References
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Tullymet
Division No. 6, Saskatchewan