Saint-Antonin, Quebec
 |
 | You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in French. (April 2010) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Saint-Antonin | |
|---|---|
 | |
 Location within Rivière-du-Loup RCM | |
  Saint-Antonin Location in eastern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 47°46′N 69°29′W / 47.767°N 69.483°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| RCM | Rivière-du-Loup |
| Constituted | August 30, 1856 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Réal Thibault |
| • Federal riding | Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup |
| • Prov. riding | Rivière-du-Loup-Témiscouata |
| Area | |
| • Total | 175.10 km2 (67.61 sq mi) |
| • Land | 175.94 km2 (67.93 sq mi) |
| There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
| Population | |
| • Total | 4,027 |
| • Density | 22.9/km2 (59/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  6.5% |
| • Dwellings | 1,650 |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways   A-85 (TCH) |  R-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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 55652". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 12015". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Saint-Antonin, Quebec (Code 2412015) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
- ^ "Modifications aux municipalités du Québec" (PDF). Modifications Aux Municipalités du Québec. Institut de la statistique du Québec. November 2014. ISSN 1715-6408.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
- ^ https://lanouette.csskamloup.gouv.qc.ca/
- ^ "Metis Beach School - Believe, Achieve, Succeed……".
- Répertoire des municipalités du Québec
- Commission de toponymie du Québec
- Affaires municipales et régions - cartes régionales
External links[edit]
Media related to Saint-Antonin, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons
Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions | |
|---|---|
 Subdivisions of Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality | |
|---|---|
| Cities & Towns | |
| Municipalities | |
| Parishes | |
| |
