Lorne | |
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Municipality of Lorne | |
Coordinates: 49°26′37″N 98°44′58″W / 49.44361°N 98.74944°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Manitoba |
Region | Pembina Valley Region |
Division | Pilot Mound Census Division |
Incorporated (amalgamated) | January 1, 2015 [1] |
Time zone | UTC-6 ( CST) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 ( CDT) |
The Municipality of Lorne ( French: Municipalité de Lorne) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba.
The RM was created on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RM of Lorne and the villages of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes and Somerset. [1] It was formed as a requirement of The Municipal Amalgamations Act, which required that municipalities with a population less than 1,000 amalgamate with one or more neighbouring municipalities by 2015. [2] The Government of Manitoba initiated these amalgamations in order for municipalities to meet the 1997 minimum population requirement of 1,000 to incorporate a municipality. [3]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lorne had a population of 2,904 living in 1,103 of its 1,199 total private dwellings, a change of -4.5% from its 2016 population of 3,041. With a land area of 923.03 km2 (356.38 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.1/km2 (8.1/sq mi) in 2021. [4]
Lorne | |
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Municipality of Lorne | |
Coordinates: 49°26′37″N 98°44′58″W / 49.44361°N 98.74944°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Manitoba |
Region | Pembina Valley Region |
Division | Pilot Mound Census Division |
Incorporated (amalgamated) | January 1, 2015 [1] |
Time zone | UTC-6 ( CST) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 ( CDT) |
The Municipality of Lorne ( French: Municipalité de Lorne) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba.
The RM was created on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RM of Lorne and the villages of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes and Somerset. [1] It was formed as a requirement of The Municipal Amalgamations Act, which required that municipalities with a population less than 1,000 amalgamate with one or more neighbouring municipalities by 2015. [2] The Government of Manitoba initiated these amalgamations in order for municipalities to meet the 1997 minimum population requirement of 1,000 to incorporate a municipality. [3]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lorne had a population of 2,904 living in 1,103 of its 1,199 total private dwellings, a change of -4.5% from its 2016 population of 3,041. With a land area of 923.03 km2 (356.38 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.1/km2 (8.1/sq mi) in 2021. [4]