Lisieux, Saskatchewan

Lisieux is an unincorporated community in the Rural Municipality of Willow Bunch No. 42, Saskatchewan, Canada. Listed as a designated place by Statistics Canada, the community had a population of 15 in the Canada 2006 Census.[1] It was designated as an organized hamlet prior to 2018.

Lisieux
Location of Lisieux in Saskatchewan

History

The place was originally named Joeville, after Joseph-Hermenegilde Préfontaine, an early homesteader. It was given its present name in 1926 to honour the recently canonized Saint Thérèse of Lisieux. There was a post office at Lisieux from 1921 to 1991.[2] Lisieux relinquished its organized hamlet designation on December 31, 2017.[3]

References
  1. Canada 2006 Census: Designated places in Saskatchewan
  2. Barry, Bill (September 2005). Geographic Names of Saskatchewan. Regina, Saskatchewan: People Places Publishing, Ltd. p. 247. ISBN 1-897010-19-2.
  3. "Reversion of Status – From the Organized Hamlet of Lisieux to an Area within the Rural Municipality of Willow Bunch No. 42" (PDF). The Saskatchewan Gazette. October 20, 2017. p. 1954. Retrieved October 14, 2019.


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