Rocanville No. 151 is a rural municipality

Rural municipality

A rural municipality, often abbreviated RM, is a form of municipality in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, perhaps best comparable to counties or townships in the western United States...

 in south-eastern Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 encompassing 758.64 square kilometers in area. The rural municipality maintains it's office in Rocanville, Saskatchewan

Rocanville, Saskatchewan

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 . The rural municipality in conjunction with the provincial government is in charge of maintenance of highways in its area. As well, the municipality provides policing, fire protection and municipal governance for the rural district, with a reeve as its administrator. The historic Fort Espérance

Fort Espérance

In 1787, Fort Espérance was constructed on the south side of the Qu'Appelle River near the present day Saskatchewan-Manitoba border. It was built by the North West Company and was one of the important pemmican forts for the Assiniboine River district...

  is located within the rural municipality. Agriculture is the major industry in the rural municipality.

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Transportation

The Rocanville Airport

Rocanville Airport

Rocanville Airport, , is located northeast of Rocanville, Saskatchewan, Canada....

 is a private airport owned by Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan

Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan

The Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. , also referred to as PotashCorp, is a Canadian corporation based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The company is the world's largest potash producer and the third largest producers of nitrogen and phosphate, three primary crop nutrients used to produce...

located within the rural municipality.