Macoun, Saskatchewan
Macoun is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Cymri No. 36 and Census Division No. 2. The village is located 28 km northwest of the City of Estevan on Highway 39.History
Macoun incorporated as a village on October 16, 1903. An acetylene gas plant explosion in the cellar of the Macoun Hotel and the resulting fire on April 20, 1914 caused the death of 13 people. In the early 1900s acetylene was widely used for illumination.Notable people from Macoun include:
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Macoun recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2016.
In the 2011 Census of Population, the Village of Macoun recorded a population of, a change from its 2006 population of. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2011.
