Lisieux is an unincorporated community in the
Rural Municipality of Willow Bunch No. 42,
Saskatchewan
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, Canada. It was designated as an
organized hamlet
In most cases in Saskatchewan, a hamlet is an unincorporated community with at least five occupied dwellings situated on separate lots and at least 10 separate lots, the majority of which are an average size of less than one acre. Saskatchewan ha ...
prior to 2018.
History
The place was originally named ''Joeville'', after Joseph-Hermenegilde Préfontaine, an early homesteader. It was given its present name in 1926 to honour the recently canonized Saint
Thérèse of Lisieux
Thérèse of Lisieux (born Marie Françoise-Thérèse Martin; 2 January 1873 – 30 September 1897), religious name, in religion Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, was a French Discalced Carmelites, Discalced Carmelite who is widely v ...
. There was a post office at Lisieux from 1921 to 1991. Lisieux relinquished its organized hamlet designation on December 31, 2017.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Lisieux had a population of 10 living in 6 of its 9 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 10. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
See also
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List of communities in Saskatchewan
Communities in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, include Incorporation (municipal government), incorporated municipalities, Unincorporated area#Canada, unincorporated communities and First Nations in Canada, First Nations communities.
Types ...
References
Designated places in Saskatchewan
Unincorporated communities in Saskatchewan
Willow Bunch No. 42, Saskatchewan
Division No. 3, Saskatchewan
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