The Municipality of Lorne (French: Municipalité de Lorne) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba.

Lorne
Rural municipality
Municipality of Lorne
Lorne Location of Lorne in Manitoba
Coordinates: 49°26′37″N 98°44′58″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)

History

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]

Communities

Local urban districts

• Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes
• Somerset

Unincorporated

• Altamont
• Bruxelles
• Cardinal
• Mariapolis
• St. Alphonse
• St. Leon
• St. Lupicin
• Swan Lake

Demographics

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]

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