Sainte-Justine, Quebec
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Sainte-Justine | |
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Municipality | |
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Location within Les Etchemins RCM Location within Les Etchemins RCM |
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Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
RCM | Les Etchemins |
Constituted | January 1, 1870 |
Government[2] | |
• Mayor | Denis Beaulieu |
• Federal riding | Lévis—Bellechasse |
• Prov. riding | Bellechasse |
Area[2][3] | |
• Total | 126.40 km2 (48.80 sq mi) |
• Land | 126.10 km2 (48.69 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 1,845 |
• Density | 14.6/km2 (38/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 1.1% |
• Dwellings | 834 |
Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
Postal code(s) | G0R 1Y0 |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | Route 204 |
Website | www |
Sainte-Justine is a municipality in the Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,835 as of 2009. It is named after Marie-Justine Têtu, wife to Hector-Louis Langevin, member of Parliament for Dorchester.
It is home to a regional secondary school, Polyvalente des Appalaches.
The famous Canadian short story The Hockey Sweater takes place in Sainte-Justine, the hometown of the author, Roch Carrier.
People linked to Sainte-Justine
- Roch Carrier, author
- Alex Tanguay, National Hockey League player
- Julie Labonté
- Étienne Lecours
- Chadou
References
- ↑ Reference number 279887 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Geographic code 28045 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Commission de toponymie du Québec
- Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire
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