Belle Plaine ( 2016 population: ) is a

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in the

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within the Rural Municipality of Pense No. 160 and Census Division No. 6. Belle Plaine is located on Highway 1 (also known as the

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), 21 kilometres east of the City of

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in south-central Saskatchewan.

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and

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are located near Belle Plaine.

History

Belle Plaine incorporated as a village on August 12, 1910.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Belle Plaine 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 Village of Belle Plaine 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.

Business

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Mine at Belle Plaine * Terra Grain Fuels Ethanol Facility * Yara Belle Plaine - fertilizer production plant

Attractions

Qu'Appelle River Dam The Qu'appelle River Dam is the smaller of two embankment dams along the South Saskatchewan River that created Lake Diefenbaker in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The bigger of the two dams is Gardiner Dam, which is the largest embankme ...

Infrastructure

;Transportation * Highway 642 * Highway 1

References

Villages in Saskatchewan Pense No. 160, Saskatchewan Division No. 6, Saskatchewan {{SKDivision6-geo-stub