Sainte-Marguerite, Québec
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Sainte-Marguerite | |
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 Church and municipal building. | |
_Quebec_location_diagram.png) Location within La Nouvelle-Beauce RCM. | |
  Sainte-Marguerite Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°31′N 70°56′W / 46.517°N 70.933°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | La Nouvelle-Beauce |
| Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Claude Perreault |
| • Federal riding | Beauce |
| • Prov. riding | Beauce-Nord |
| Area | |
• Total | 83.10 km2 (32.09 sq mi) |
| • Land | 83.30 km2 (32.16 sq mi) |
| There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
| Population (2019)[3] | |
• Total | 1,107 |
| • Density | 12.9/km2 (33/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  1.2% |
| • Dwellings | 495 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-216  R-275 |
Sainte-Marguerite (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t maʁɡərit] ) is a parish municipality in La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,107 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It is named after Marguerite Marcoux, who gave part of the land she owned in 1830 for the construction of a church.
Demographics
[edit]In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Marguerite had a population of 1,175 living in 491 of its 531 total private dwellings, a change of 9% from its 2016 population of 1,078. With a land area of 83.05 km2 (32.07 sq mi), it had a population density of 14.1/km2 (36.6/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 56278". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 26035". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Sainte-Marguerite, Québec (Code 2426035) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- Commission de toponymie du Québec
- Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire
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