The Rural Municipality of South Norfolk is a former

rural municipality A rural municipality is a classification of municipality, a type of local government, found in several countries. These include: * Rural municipalities in Canada, a type of municipal status in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, ...

(RM) in the

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of Manitoba. It was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on December 22, 1883. It ceased on January 1, 2015, as a result of its provincially mandated amalgamation with the Town of Treherne to form the

Municipality of Norfolk Treherne The Municipality of Norfolk Treherne is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. History It was incorporated on January 1, 2015, via the amalgamation of the RM of South Norfolk and the Town of Treherne. It was formed as ...

. The former RM is located in the

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of the province. A portion of the

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lies within its northeast corner. It was originally part of the RM of Norfolk, which was originally incorporated in 1879 before being divided into the former RMs of North Norfolk and South Norfolk. It had a population of 1,170 in the 2006 census.''Geographic Names of Manitoba'' (pg. 258) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada

Communities

*Lavenham *Mezieries * Rathwell

References

External links

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Map of South Norfolk R.M. at Statcan
South Norfolk Populated places disestablished in 2015 2015 disestablishments in Manitoba {{Manitoba-geo-stub