Coleville, Saskatchewan

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Coleville is an oil and farming village in western Saskatchewan, Canada, namesake of the Coleville oilfields. The population consists of approximately 300 steady residents, swelling to 500 or more when the price of oil rises.

Coleville boasts a skating rink, a two-sheet curling rink, several ball diamonds, and a nine hole golf-course, complete with a pump-jack hazard.

Celebrated author of such children's books as, The Mystery of the Turtle Lake Monster and Suspicion Island, Jeni Mayer, was born and raised in Coleville.

It is located within the Sun West School Division.

[edit] Statistics

According to the Canada 2001 Census:

Population:	313 (-3.1% from 1996)
Land area:	1.27 km²
Population density:	246.9 people/km²
Median age:	31.6 (males: 30.5, females: 32.8)
Total private dwellings:	145
Mean household income:	$44,431