Official Name: | Lemberg |
Nickname: | Community In Motion |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Lemberg in Saskatchewan |
Coordinates: | 50.732°N -103.195°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | No. 185 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Murray Clarke |
Leader Title2: | Governing body |
Leader Name2: | Lemberg Town Council |
Established Title: | Post office established |
Established Date: | 1904 |
Established Title2: | Village Incorporated |
Established Date2: | July 12, 1904 |
Established Title3: | Town Incorporated |
Established Date3: | September 1, 1907 |
Area Land Km2: | 2.67 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 313 |
Population Density Km2: | 102.7 |
Timezone: | CST |
Elevation M: | 614 |
Elevation Ft: | 2014 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | S0A 2B0 |
Area Code: | 306 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | Highway 22 |
Website: | Town of Lemberg |
Footnotes: | [1] [2] [3] [4] |
Lemberg is a town in Saskatchewan, Canada. It was founded by ethnic German immigrants from Lviv (Austria-Hungary, now Ukraine), for which the German name was "Lemberg", as part of the Great Economic Emigration away from Galicia and Lodomeria[5] [6] starting in the mid to late-1800s.
The first post office opened on July 15, 1904.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lemberg had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 2.67km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[7]
Lemberg is currently home to four places of worship: Saint Michael's Roman Catholic Church, Trinity Lutheran Church, Grace United Church, and the Pentecostal Assembly. A Baptist church once stood just south of Lemberg, but all that remains now is the cemetery.
Lemberg is the home of North Valley High School (grades 7-12). North Valley Elementary School (grades K-6) is located in the neighbouring town of Neudorf.