The Rural Municipality of Mervin No. 499 (2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 17 and Division No. 6.

History The RM of Mervin No. 499 incorporated as a rural municipality on January 1, 1913. It absorbed the RM of Greenfield No. 529. The RM of Greenfield No. 529 was originally named the RM of Bright Sand No. 529 prior to February 2, 1926.

Geography Communities and localities The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM.

Towns Turtleford

Villages Mervin

Resort villages Kivimaa-Moonlight Bay

The following unincorporated communities are within the RM.

Organized hamlets Crystal Bay-Sunset Evergreen Acres Evergreen Beach Horseshoe Bay Kopp's Kove Livelong Mowrey Beach Parkland Beach Powm Beach Spruce Lake Sunset View Beach, restructured from resort village status, January 1, 2005 Turtle Lake South Bay

Localities Aspen Cove Cleeves Cuffley Daysville Diamond Willows Eastview Beach Elmhurst Sandy Point Stowlea Thunderchild Turtle Cove

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Mervin No. 499 had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population, the RM of Mervin No. 499 recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

Government The RM of Mervin No. 499 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month. The reeve of the RM is Gerry Ritz while its administrator is L. Ryan Domotor. The RM's office is located in Turtleford.

Attractions Turtle Lake Brightsand Lake Brightsand Lake Regional Park

Transportation Saskatchewan Highway 3 Saskatchewan Highway 26 Saskatchewan Highway 303 Saskatchewan Highway 794 Saskatchewan Highway 795 Saskatchewan Highway 796

See also List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan

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