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Rural Municipality of Biggar No. 347

The Rural Municipality of Biggar No. 347 (2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 12 and Division No. 6.

History

The RM of Biggar No. 347 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 11, 1911.

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM.

Towns

The following unincorporated communities are within the RM.

Special service areas
  • Springwater (dissolved as a village December 31, 2006)
Localities

Biggar & District Regional Park

Biggar & District Regional Park () is a small regional park located about north of Biggar on Highway 4. The park has an 11-site campground and an open area for group camping that has two cook shacks. Just north of the campground is the 9-hole, grass greens golf course. Each hole has two spots to tee off from. Alongside the golf course the Biggar Trout Pond. The pond is stocked regularly with rainbow trout and has a covered fishing bridge.

Biggar Trout Pond started out as farmland in the 1960s. Later, the land was bought for a 9-hole golf course. Having some land left, and already having a slough there, the town dug a , hole in the ground and filled it with water. Now it has an island and a fishing bridge.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Biggar No. 347 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 Biggar No. 347 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 Biggar No. 347 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the third Tuesday of every month. The reeve of the RM is Jeanne Marie de Moissac while its administrator is Sandi Silvernagle. The RM's office is located in Biggar.

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