The Rural Municipality of Rosthern No. 403 ( 2016 population: ) is a

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(RM) in the

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Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the ...

within Census Division No. 15 and Division No. 5. It is located in the central portion of the province north of the City of

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History

The RM of Rosthern No. 403 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 9, 1912.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, the RM of Rosthern No. 403 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 Rosthern No. 403 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.

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM. ;

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Rosthern Rosthern is a town at the juncture of Highway 11 and Highway 312 in central Saskatchewan, Canada. It is roughly halfway between the cities of Prince Albert and Saskatoon. History Mennonite settlers, led by Gerhard Ens, began arriving in ...

* Hague The following unincorporated communities are within the RM. ;

Organized hamlet In most cases in Saskatchewan, a hamlet is an unincorporated community with at least five occupied dwellings situated on separate lots and at least 10 separate lots, the majority of which are an average size of less than one acre. Saskatchewan ha ...

s * Blumenthal * Neuanlage ;Localities *

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* Carlton * Chortitz * Gruenthal * Hochstadt * Schoenweise

Attractions

Carlton Trail The Carlton Trail was the primary land transportation route in the Canadian Northwest for most of the 19th century, connecting Fort Carlton to Edmonton along a line of intermediate places. It was part of a trail network that stretched from the ...

* Eigenheim Mennonite Church *

Fort Carlton Fort Carlton was a Hudson's Bay Company fur trading post from 1795 until 1885. It was located along the North Saskatchewan River not far from Duck Lake, Saskatchewan, Duck Lake, in what is now the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The fort wa ...

* Hague Ferry * Mennonite Heritage Museum * Saskatchewan River Valley Museum * Seager Wheeler's Maple Grove Farm * Valley Regional Park (Rosthern)

Government

The RM of Rosthern No. 403 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Tuesday of every month. The reeve of the RM is Roger Kinzel while its administrator is Amanda McCormick. The RM's office is located at 1001 6th Street, Rosthern, SK.

References

External links

* {{Authority control *

Division No. 15, Saskatchewan