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St. Leon (french: Saint-Léon) is an unincorporated community recognized as a 
local urban district
A local urban district is a type of unincorporated community within the Canadian province of Manitoba. According to ''The Municipal Act'', a local urban district is a locality wholly within a rural municipality that "has at least 250 residents a ...
in Manitoba
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, Canada
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. It is located in 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 ...
to the southwest of Winnipeg
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, near the United States
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border. The community is best known as the site of the St. Leon Wind Farm
St. Leon Wind Farm (french: Parc éolien de Saint-Léon) is Manitoba's first wind farm, in St. Leon, Manitoba, St. Leon, Manitoba, Canada. In the first phase completed in 2006, 63 wind turbines were erected over a area, capable of delivering 99 m ...
project.
See also
*List of regions of Manitoba
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*List of rural municipalities in Manitoba
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References
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