Lang, Saskatchewan Explained

Lang
Official Name:Village of Lang
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Saskatchewan#Canada
Pushpin Label Position:none
Pushpin Map Caption:Lang in Saskatchewan
Pushpin Mapsize:180
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Southeast
Subdivision Type3:Census division
Subdivision Name3:2
Subdivision Type4:Rural Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Scott No. 98
Subdivision Type5:Federal Electoral District
Subdivision Type6:Provincial Constituency
Government Type:Municipal
Leader Title:Governing body
Leader Name:Lang Village Council[1]
Leader Title1:Mayor
Leader Name1:Mike Saip
Leader Title2:Administrator
Leader Name2:Darlene Wingert
Leader Title3:MLA
Leader Title4:MP
Established Title:Post office founded
Established Date:May 15, 1904
Established Title2:Incorporated (Village)
Established Title3:Incorporated (Town)
Area Total Km2:0.64
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:189
Population Density Km2:293.8
Population Blank1 Title:National Population Rank
Timezone:CST
Utc Offset:-6
Coordinates:49.9185°N -104.3728°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:S0G 2W0
Area Code:306
Blank Name:Highways
Blank1 Name:Railways
Website:Village of Lang

Lang (2016 population:) 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

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.[2]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lang had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 0.65km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Lang recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 0.64km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[4]

Education

Students from Lang attend school in Milestone, of the Prairie Valley School Division.[5]

Notable people

See also

External links

49.919°N -104.372°W

Notes and References

  1. http://www.mds.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/muniDetails.aspx?cat=3&mun=2051 Lang Village Council
  2. Web site: Urban Municipality Incorporations . Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations . June 1, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141015042810/http://municipal.gov.sk.ca/Municipal-History/Urban-Incorporated-Dates . October 15, 2014.
  3. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan . . February 9, 2022 . April 1, 2022.
  4. Web site: Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Saskatchewan) . . February 8, 2017 . May 30, 2020.
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20090420073604/http://www.saskschools.ca/~pvsdmile/ Prairie Valley School Division