Flaxcombe, Saskatchewan

Flaxcombe
Flaxcombe
Village
	Village of Flaxcombe
	Flaxcombe Flaxcombe
	Coordinates: 51°27′32″N 109°37′19″W / 51.459°N 109.622°W
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Rural municipality	Kindersley No. 290
Post office founded	March 1, 1910
Incorporated	June 4, 1913
Government
• Type	Municipal
• Governing body	Flaxcombe Village Council
• Mayor	Shane Becker
• Administrator	Charlotte Helfrich
• MLA	Ken Francis
• MP	Jeremy Patzer
Area
• Land	1.45 km2 (0.56 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Total	134
• Density	92.4/km2 (239/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
Postal code	S0L 1E0
Area code	306
Highways	Highway 7
Railways	Canadian National Railway

Flaxcombe is an incorporated village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Kindersley No. 290 and Census Division No. 13. The village is located approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of the Town of Kindersley, on Highway 7, and approximately 27 kilometres (17 mi) east of the Alberta-Saskatchewan border.

History

Flaxcombe incorporated as a village on June 4, 1913.^[6]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Flaxcombe had a population of 134 living in 55 of its 59 total private dwellings, a change of 8.1% from its 2016 population of 124. With a land area of 1.45 km² (0.56 sq mi), it had a population density of 92.4/km² (239.4/sq mi) in 2021.^[1]

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Flaxcombe recorded a population of 124 living in 50 of its 51 total private dwellings, a 5.6% change from its 2011 population of 117. With a land area of 1.49 km² (0.58 sq mi), it had a population density of 83.2/km² (215.5/sq mi) in 2016.^[7]