The Rural Municipality of Reford No. 379 ( 2016 population: ) is a

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(RM) in the

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within Census Division No. 13 and Division No. 6.

History

The RM of Reford No. 379 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 12, 1910.

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM. ;

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* Landis The following unincorporated communities are within the RM. ;Localities *

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* Cathkin * Cavell (dissolved as a village, January 1, 1943) *

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(dissolved as a village, February 1, 1984) * Reford * St. Alphege * Wolfe

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, the RM of Reford No. 379 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 Reford No. 379 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 Reford No. 379 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Thursday of every month. The reeve of the RM is Gerald Gerlinsky while its administrator is Sherry Huber. The RM's office is located in Wilkie.

Transportation

* Highway 14 * Highway 656 * Highway 657 * Highway 659 * Highway 784 *

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* Wilkie Airport

References

{{Authority control Reford * Division No. 13, Saskatchewan