De Salaberry () is a
rural municipality
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These include:
* Rural municipality (Canada), Rural municipalities in Canada, a Lists of municipalities in Canada, type of municipa ...
in the province of
Manitoba
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in
western Canada
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. The administratively separate village of
St-Pierre-Jolys
St-Pierre-Jolys (formerly ''Rivière-aux-Rats''/Rat River, ''St-Pierre''/St. Pierre) is a village in the Canadian province of Manitoba, located southeast of Winnipeg on Highway 59 near the Rat River. It is surrounded by the Rural Municipality o ...
and
St. Malo Provincial Park lie within the geographical borders of the municipality. The municipality is named after
Charles de Salaberry
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles-Michel d'Irumberry de Salaberry, CB (19 November 1778 – 27 February 1829) was a Canadian military officer and politician who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and War of 1812. He is best kno ...
.
Communities
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Carey
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Dufrost
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La Rochelle
La Rochelle (, , ; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''La Rochéle'') is a city on the west coast of France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime Departments of France, department. Wi ...
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Otterburne
Otterburne is a small settlement in the Rural Municipality of De Salaberry, Manitoba, located about 50 kilometers south of Winnipeg, in Canada. It is named after Otterburn, Northumberland in England
England is a Countries of the United K ...
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St. Malo
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, De Salaberry had a population of 3,918 living in 1,191 of its 1,295 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 3,580. With a land area of , it was sparsely populated, with a population density of in 2021.
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See also
*List of francophone communities in Manitoba
This is a list of francophone communities in Manitoba, i.e., municipalities and neighbourhoods with a high percentage of French-speakers in the Canadian province of Manitoba.
The provincial average of Manitobans whose mother tongue is French is ...
References
''Manitoba Historical Society - Rural Municipality of De Salaberry''
Map of De Salaberry R.M. at Statcan
External links
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Rural municipalities in Manitoba
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