Saint-Donat, Bas-Saint-Laurent
Appearance
Saint-Donat | |
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Coordinates: 48°29′49″N 68°14′56″W / 48.4970265°N 68.2488766°W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
RCM | La Mitis |
Constituted | March 10, 1869 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Michel Côté |
• Federal riding | Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia |
• Prov. riding | Matane-Matapédia |
Area | |
• Total | 95.30 km2 (36.80 sq mi) |
• Land | 94.03 km2 (36.31 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 890 |
• Density | 9.5/km2 (25/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 0.2% |
• Dwellings | 461 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | R-298 |
Website | www |
Saint-Donat is a parish municipality in La Mitis Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. Its population in the Canada 2011 Census was 890.
History
The parish was formed around a church c. 1700 and established in 1869 as part of the Mont-Joli municipal agglomeration. Saint-Donat then separated from Mont-Joli in 1976 along with Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage and Sainte-Luce.
See also
References
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 55936". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 09030". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Saint-Donat, Bas-Saint-Laurent (Code 2409030) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
External links
- Media related to Saint-Donat, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons