Aneroid, Saskatchewan

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Village of Aneroid
Aneroid, Saskatchewan (Saskatchewan )
Aneroid, Saskatchewan
Location of Aneroid in Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 49°40′59″N 107°17′42″W / 49.683, -107.295
Country Flag of Canada Canada
Province Flag of Saskatchewan Saskatchewan
Region Saskatchewan
Census division 4
Rural Municipality Auvergne
Post office Founded N/A
Village established N/A
Government
 - Mayor Meikle Elton
 - Administrator Gervais Marcel
 - Governing body Aneroid Village Council[1]
Area
 - Total 1.05 km² (0.4 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 - Total 45
 - Density 42.8/km² (110.9/sq mi)
Time zone CST (UTC)
Postal code S0N 0C0
Area code(s) 306
Highways Highway 13
Highway 612
Waterways
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Aneroid (2006 population 45) is a village in southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada, approximately 70 km southeast of Swift Current.

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[edit] Demographics

According to the Canada 2006 Census[6]:

• Population: 45 (-19.6% from 2001)
• Land area: 1.05 km² (0.41 sq mi)
• Population density: 42.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (111 /sq mi)
• National population rank (Out of 5,008): Ranked 4,677th
• Median age: 45.0 (males: 35.0, females: 49.0)
• Total private dwellings: 32
• Dwellings occupied by permanent residents: 20
• Mean household income: $Not Available

[edit] Origin of the name

The most popular version of the origin of the name is that the first survey party lost its aneroid barometer on the present townsite.[7] Many of the streets in the village are named after surveyor's instruments.[7]

[edit] Notable Residents

Patrick Marleau, centre for the NHL team San Jose Sharks.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Aneroid Village Council http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/muniDetails.aspx?cat=3&mun=1831
  2. ^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, <http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php> 
  3. ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, <http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/index.html> 
  4. ^ Canadian Textiles Institute., CTI Determine your provincial constituency, <http://www.textiles.ca/eng/nonAuthProg/redirect.cfm?path=IssPolContacts&sectionID=7601.cfm> 
  5. ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada, Elections Canada On-line, <http://www.elections.ca/home.asp> 
  6. ^ 2006 Community Profile
  7. ^ a b Aneroid, The Rising Barometer, 1905-80, p. 1 (1980) Aneroid History Book Committee.

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[edit] Footnotes

Coordinates: 49°40′59″N 107°17′42″W / 49.683, -107.295

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