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This article is about the rural municipality in Canada. For other places with the same name, see Pense (disambiguation)
Pense (disambiguation)
Pense may refer to:*Pense No. 160, Saskatchewan, a rural municipality of Saskatchewan, Canada*Lydia Pense, an American rock-soul-jazz singer...

Pense No. 160, Saskatchewan is a rural municipality

Rural municipality

A rural municipality, often abbreviated RM, is a form of municipality in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, perhaps best comparable to counties or townships in the western United States...

of 490 rural residents (2006 census) in the southeastern part of Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. The RM was incorporated January 1, 1913. As of 1923, the population rose to 2227 residents. Other localities in the area include Pense

Pense, Saskatchewan

Pense is a village of 507 residents in the southern part of Saskatchewan, Canada. Heading west from Regina on the Trans Canada Highway, Pense is the first town with services...

, Belle Plaine

Belle Plaine, Saskatchewan

-See also:*Highway 642*Highway 1*Qu'Appelle River Dam*Saskferco-External links:*********...

, Cottonwood, Eastview, Kalium, Keystown, Madrid, Pattee, Schulerville, Stelcam, Stony Beach

Stony Beach, Saskatchewan

Stony Beach is a hamlet in Saskatchewan....

, Stony Beach Airport Within this RM are 600 kilometres (km) of roads of which the Trans Canada Highway

Saskatchewan Highway 1

Highway 1 is the Saskatchewan section of the Trans-Canada Highway mainland route. The total distance of the Trans-Canada Highway in Saskatchewan is . The highway traverses Saskatchewan from the western border with Alberta, from Highway 1, to Manitoba where it continues as Highway 1, PTH 1. The...

is one of the main roads. Nicole Flats Nature Area (Buffalo Pound Provincial Park) is located here as well. The Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia), an endangered animal, makes its home in this area. Bigmouth Buffalo (Ictiobus cyprinellus) is of special concern in this ecoregion.
A rural municipality is an administrative district consisting of an elected reeve, councilors, administrator who provide essential services within their area.

Statistics

Education

This rural municipality was home to several one room school districts such as Leamington, Rose Park, Eastview, Fairville, Coulee, Stony Beach, Rocky Lake, Sarawak, Bruceville, Wayside, Kenilworth, Cottonwood, Wellington, Broadway, Coventry, Blink Bonny, Wascana and Fosest. These have been replaced by consolidated schools and the larger school divisions of today.

Area statistics

Lat 50.493056°
Long -105.145556°
Time zone (est) UTC-6
UTC-6
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