Saint-Antonin, Quebec
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| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| RCM | Rivière-du-Loup |
| Constituted | August 30, 1856 |
| Government[1] | |
| • Mayor | Réal Thibault |
| • Federal riding | Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup |
| • Prov. riding | Rivière-du-Loup-Témiscouata |
| Area[1][2] | |
| • Total | 175.10 km2 (67.61 sq mi) |
| • Land | 175.94 km2 (67.93 sq mi) |
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| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 4,027 |
| • Density | 22.9/km2 (59/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  6.5% |
| • Dwellings | 1,650 |
| Postal code(s) | G0L 2J0 |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways  A-85 (TCH) |
 Route 185 (TCH) |
| Website | www |
Saint-Antonin (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿ɑ̃tɔnɛ̃]) is a city in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada, a few kilometres south of the city of Rivière-du-Loup, in Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality. The municipality is named after Louis-Antonin or Antoine Proulx (1810-1896), priest of Fraserville (Rivière-du-Loup) and was founded in 1856.
On November 1, 2014, Saint-Antonin was changed from a parish municipality to a (regular) municipality.[4]
Demographics
Population trend:[5]
- Population in 2021: 4,338 (2016 to 2021 population change: 7.1%)
- Population in 2016: 4,049
- Population in 2011: 4,027
- Population in 2006: 3,780
- Population in 2001: 3,395
- Population in 1996: 3,368
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1,889 (total dwellings: 1,990)
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 0.4%
- French as first language: 99.5%
- English and French as first language: 0.1%
- Other as first language: 0.1%
Education
Centre de services scolaire de Kamouraska - Rivière-du-Loup operates francophone public schools:
- École Lanouette [6]
The Eastern Shores School Board operates anglophone public schools:
- Metis Beach School in Métis-sur-Mer[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Geographic code 12015 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
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- ↑ Reference number 55652 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
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- ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
- ↑ https://lanouette.csskamloup.gouv.qc.ca/
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- Répertoire des municipalités du Québec
- Commission de toponymie du Québec
- Affaires municipales et régions - cartes régionales
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
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