Sainte-Perpétue, Centre-du-Québec
Sainte-Perpétue | |
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Location within Nicolet-Yamaska RCM. | |
Coordinates: 46°05′N 72°28′W / 46.083°N 72.467°W[1] | |
Country | |
Province | |
Region | Centre-du-Québec |
RCM | Nicolet-Yamaska |
Constituted | March 9, 1878 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Guy Dupuis |
• Federal riding | Bas-Richelieu— Nicolet—Bécancour |
• Prov. riding | Nicolet-Bécancour |
Area | |
• Total | 71.70 km2 (27.68 sq mi) |
• Land | 71.51 km2 (27.61 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 916 |
• Density | 12.8/km2 (33/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | |
• Dwellings | 407 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code | 819 |
Highways |
Sainte-Perpétue is a parish municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada, situated along Route 259. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 916.
Demographics
[edit]In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Perpétue had a population of 916 living in 384 of its 407 total private dwellings, a change of -4.5% from its 2016 population of 959. With a land area of 71.51 km2 (27.61 sq mi), it had a population density of 12.8/km2 (33.2/sq mi) in 2021.[5]
Population trend:[6]
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Mother tongue language (2021)[7]
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Attractions
[edit]A primarily agricultural area, Sainte-Perpétue is best known throughout the province of Quebec for its Festival du cochon (Pig festival), featuring, among other things, several days of live music, a human-versus-pig mud wrestling competition, and a boar catching competition.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 56362". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Sainte-Perpétue (Centre-du-Québec)
- ^ Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: BAS-RICHELIEU--NICOLET--BÉCANCOUR (Quebec)
- ^ a b 2021 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Sainte-Perpétue (Centre-du-Québec), Quebec
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ^ 2021 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Sainte-Perpétue (Centre-du-Québec), Quebec
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