Rural Municipality of Bengough No. 40

The Rural Municipality of Bengough No. 40 (2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 2 and SARM Division No. 2. It is located in the southeast portion of the province.

History
The RM of Bengough No. 40 incorporated as a rural municipality on January 1, 1913.

There are three historic properties within the RM.
 * Heritage properties


 * Horizon Community Church Centre - Constructed in 1928, as the St. Cunegunda Roman Catholic Church in the then town of Horizon, Saskatchewan, approximately thirty kilometres west of Ogema, Saskatchewan.
 * Horizon Federal Elevator - Constructed in 1922 in the town of Horizon, the grain elevator was in use until 1996 when the line was abandoned. A group of local farmer purchased the line and grain elevator as part of the Red Coat Road and Rail Ltd.
 * Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Elevator - Constructed in 1953 in the town of Horizon, the grain elevator is still in use.

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


 * Towns
 * Bengough

The following unincorporated communities are located within the RM.


 * Localities
 * Harptree
 * Horizon, (dissolved as a village, December 31, 1973)
 * Roncott
 * Ritchie

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Bengough No. 40 had a population of $305$ living in $116$ of its $133$ total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of $281$. With a land area of 1008.64 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population, the RM of Bengough No. 40 recorded a population of living in  of its  total private dwellings, a NaN% change from its 2011 population of. With a land area of 1036.91 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

Government
The RM of Bengough No. 40 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Thursday of every month. The reeve of the RM is Eugene Hoffart while its administrator is Lara Hazen. The RM's office is located in Bengough.