Saint-Agapit
Appearance
Saint-Agapit | |
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Aerial view of Saint-Agapit | |
Motto(s): Ad meliora semper (Always for the better) | |
Location within Lotbinière RCM. | |
Coordinates: 46°34′N 71°26′W / 46.567°N 71.433°W[1] | |
Country | |
Province | |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
RCM | Lotbinière |
Constituted | April 14, 1979 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Yves Gingras |
• Federal riding | Lévis—Lotbinière |
• Prov. riding | Lotbinière-Frontenac |
Area | |
• Total | 64.00 km2 (24.71 sq mi) |
• Land | 65.40 km2 (25.25 sq mi) |
There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
Population | |
• Total | 4,526 |
• Density | 69.2/km2 (179/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | |
• Dwellings | 1,967 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | |
Website | www |
Saint-Agapit is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 4,526 as of 2021. It is named after Pope Agapetus I.
Saint-Agapit is the hometown of Anaheim Ducks forward Antoine Vermette, who brought the Stanley Cup to the town in July 2015 after winning it while playing for Chicago.[4] Film director Richard Roy's childhood in Saint-Agapit was the inspiration for his autobiographical 2011 film, Frisson des Collines.[5]
Demographics
[edit]Population trend:[6]
- Population in 2021: 4,526 (2016 to 2021 population change: 5.7%)
- Population in 2016: 4,280 (2011 to 2016 population change: 20.0%)
- Population in 2011: 3,567 (2006 to 2011 population change: 20.3%)
- Population in 2006: 2,965
- Population in 2001: 2,906
- Population in 1996: 2,913
- Population in 1991: 2,980
- Population in 1986: 2,943
- Population in 1981: 2,954
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1,914 (total dwellings: 1,967)
References
[edit]- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 98674". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 33045". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Census Profile, 2021 Census - Saint-Agapit, Quebec". 15 November 2023.
- ^ "Antoine Vermette amène la coupe Stanley à Saint-Agapit", Ici Radio-Canada, July 24, 2015 (in French).
- ^ "Richard Roy: le plaisir de liberté", Le Soleil, April 9, 2011 (in French).
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
- Commission de toponymie du Québec
- Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire