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Gravelbourg (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | Gravelbourg, Sask, Town, pop 1187 (2001c), 1214 A (1996c), 1226 (1991c), 1305 (1986c), area 3.23 km |
 | | In 1918 a convent was built in the town as well as a college, which was affiliated with U of Ottawa; other Catholic buildings followed, a Romanesque cathedral (1919), a monastery (1926) and a hospital. |
 | | With the creation of the Diocese of Gravelbourg (1930) and the appointment of a Francophone bishop, the town became known as the mecca of Saskatchewan's French inhabitants. |
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