Rural Municipality of Mervin No. 499

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 SARM 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.

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 $1,711$ living in $781$ of its $1,631$ total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of $1,256$. With a land area of 1581.66 km2, 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 NaN% change from its 2011 population of. With a land area of 1594.6 km2, 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