Saint-Cyprien, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec

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Saint-Cyprien
Parish municipality
Location within Les Etchemins RCM.
Location within Les Etchemins RCM.
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM Les Etchemins
Constituted February 22, 1918
Government[1]
 • Mayor Charles Therrien
 • Federal riding Lévis—Bellechasse
 • Prov. riding Bellechasse
Area[1][2]
 • Total 94.20 km2 (36.37 sq mi)
 • Land 93.52 km2 (36.11 sq mi)
Population (2016)[2]
 • Total 490
 • Density 5.2/km2 (13/sq mi)
 • Pop 2011-2016 Decrease 10.6%
 • Dwellings 308
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) G0R 1B0
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Highways No major routes
Website www.st-cyprien.qc.ca

Saint-Cyprien is a parish in the Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 490 as of 2016. It is named after Christian martyr Cyprian.

Saint-Cyprien lies on the Canada–United States border.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Cyprien had a population of 474 living in 238 of its 290 total private dwellings, a change of −3.3% from its 2016 population of 490. With a land area of 93.48 km2 (36.09 sq mi), it had a population density of 5.1/km2 (13.1/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

Population trend:[5]

  • Population in 2016: 490 (2011 to 2016 population change: -10.6%)
  • Population in 2011: 548
  • Population in 2006: 630
  • Population in 2001: 603
  • Population in 1996: 617
  • Population in 1991: 664
  • Population in 1986: 769
  • Population in 1981: 838
  • Population in 1976: 776
  • Population in 1971: 905
  • Population in 1966: 1,056
  • Population in 1961: 1,101
  • Population in 1956: 1,104
  • Population in 1951: 1,058
  • Population in 1941: 950
  • Population in 1931: 626
  • Population in 1921: 444

Education

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Geographic code 28040 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. Reference number 55858 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
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  5. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 census
  6. King, M.J. (Chairperson of the board). "South Shore Protestant Regional School Board" (St. Johns, PQ). The News and Eastern Townships Advocate. Volume 119, No. 5. Thursday December 16, 1965. p. 2. Retrieved from Google News on November 23, 2014.