Municipality of Lorne

{{Redirect|Lorne, Manitoba|the former municipality in Manitoba|Rural Municipality of Lorne}}

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The Municipality of Lorne ({{langx|fr|Municipalité de Lorne}}) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba.

History

{{see|Rural Municipality of Lorne|Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Manitoba|Somerset, 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.{{cite web | url=http://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/regs/current/_pdf-regs.php?reg=35/2014 | title=The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235): Rural Municipality of Lorne, Village of Somerset and Village of Notre Dame de Lourdes Amalgamation Regulation | publisher=Government of Manitoba | type=PDF | access-date=October 4, 2014}} 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.{{cite web | url=http://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/statutes/ccsm/m235e.php | title=The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235) | publisher=Government of Manitoba | date=October 2, 2014 | access-date=October 4, 2014}} 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.{{cite web | url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/thronespeech/thronespeech_2012.html | title=Speech from the Throne: At the Opening of the Second Session of the 40th Legislature of the Province of Manitoba | publisher=Government of Manitoba | date=November 19, 2012 | access-date=October 4, 2014}}

Communities

;Local urban districts

;Unincorporated

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 {{percentage|{{#expr:2904-3041}}|3041|1}} from its 2016 population of 3,041. With a land area of {{cvt|923.03|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|2904|923.03|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000246 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Manitoba | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 20, 2022}}