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| Village of Lang | |
 Grain elevator in Lang | |
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  Lang in Saskatchewan  Lang, Saskatchewan (Canada) | |
| Coordinates: 49°55′07″N 104°22′22″W / 49.91853°N 104.37282°W | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Saskatchewan |
| Region | Southeast |
| Census division | 2 |
| Rural Municipality | Scott No. 98 |
| Post office founded | May 15, 1904 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal |
| • Governing body | Lang Village Council[1] |
| • Mayor | Mike Saip |
| • Administrator | Darlene Wingert |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.64 km2 (0.25 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
• Total | 189 |
| • Density | 293.8/km2 (761/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| Postal code | S0G 2W0 |
| Area code | 306 |
| Highways |  Highway 39 |
| Website | Village of Lang |
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Lang (2016 population: 189) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Scott No. 98 and Census Division No. 2. The village is located approximately 70 km southeast of the City of Regina.
History
[edit]Lang was named after George Macdonald Lang (1860 to 1930), a civil engineer and architect, who was employed by the Canadian Pacific Railway between 1893 and 1906. Lang incorporated as a village on July 27, 1906.[6]
Demographics
[edit]In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lang had a population of 176 living in 84 of its 98 total private dwellings, a change of -6.9% from its 2016 population of 189. With a land area of 0.65 km2 (0.25 sq mi), it had a population density of 270.8/km2 (701.3/sq mi) in 2021.[9]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Lang recorded a population of 189 living in 81 of its 96 total private dwellings, a -5.8% change from its 2011 population of 200. With a land area of 0.64 km2 (0.25 sq mi), it had a population density of 295.3/km2 (764.9/sq mi) in 2016.[10]
Education
[edit]Students from Lang attend school in Milestone, of the Prairie Valley School Division.[11]
Notable people
[edit]- Dennis Sobchuk, played in the NHL for the Detroit Red Wings and Quebec Nordiques. Also played in the WHA for the Cincinnati Stingers, Edmonton Oilers, and Phoenix Roadrunners.
- Gene Sobchuk, played in one game in the National Hockey League for the Vancouver Canucks and played in WHA for the Cincinnati Stingers and Phoenix Roadrunners
See also
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]- ^ Lang Village Council
- ^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on October 6, 2006
- ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on November 21, 2008
- ^ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on September 11, 2007
- ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, archived from the original on April 21, 2007
- ^ "Urban Municipality Incorporations". Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ^ "Saskatchewan Census Population" (PDF). Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
- ^ "Saskatchewan Census Population". Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Saskatchewan)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ Prairie Valley School Division
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