Saint-Célestin, Quebec (village)
Appearance
Saint-Célestin (village)
Formerly Annaville | |
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Location within Nicolet-Yamaska RCM. | |
Coordinates: 46°13′N 72°26′W / 46.217°N 72.433°W[1] | |
Country | |
Province | |
Region | Centre-du-Québec |
RCM | Nicolet-Yamaska |
Constituted | November 25, 1896 |
Named for | Pope Celestine V[1] |
Government | |
• Mayor | Raymond Noël |
• Federal riding | Bas-Richelieu— Nicolet—Bécancour |
• Prov. riding | Nicolet-Bécancour |
Area | |
• Total | 1.50 km2 (0.58 sq mi) |
• Land | 1.41 km2 (0.54 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 831 |
• Density | 587.5/km2 (1,522/sq mi) |
• Pop 2011-2016 | |
• Dwellings | 385 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code | 819 |
Highways | |
Census profile | 2450030[3] |
MAMROT info | 50030[2] |
Toponymie info | 259388[1] |
Website | www.village- st-celestin.net |
Saint-Célestin is a village municipality in the Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of the province of Quebec in Canada.
It is mostly surrounded by the municipality that is also called Saint-Célestin, and it also borders the city of Bécancour to the northwest.
Demographics
[edit]In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Célestin had a population of 892 living in 382 of its 403 total private dwellings, a change of 7.3% from its 2016 population of 831. With a land area of 1.41 km2 (0.54 sq mi), it had a population density of 632.6/km2 (1,638.5/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
Population trend:[5]
Census | Population | Change (%) |
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2016 | 831 | |
2011 | 781 | |
2006 | 762 | |
2001 | 737 | |
1996 | 756 | |
1991 | 735 | N/A |
Notable residents
[edit]- Louis Bourgeois (1856–1930), architect and designer of the Bahá'í House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois, was born in Saint-Célestin-de-Nicolet, Quebec on March 19, 1856.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 259388". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b c "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 50030". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b c "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Saint-Célestin, Village [Census subdivision], Quebec and Quebec [Province]". 8 February 2017.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 census