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Saint-Antonin
Municipality
Location within Rivière-du-Loup RCM
Location within Rivière-du-Loup RCM
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionBas-Saint-Laurent
RCMRivière-du-Loup
ConstitutedAugust 30, 1856
Government
[1]
 • MayorRéal Thibault
 • Federal ridingMontmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup
 • Prov. ridingRivière-du-Loup-Témiscouata
Area
[1][2]
 • Total
175.10 km2 (67.61 sq mi)
 • Land175.94 km2 (67.93 sq mi)
 There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sources
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total
4,027
 • Density22.9/km2 (59/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
Increase 6.5%
 • Dwellings
1,650
Postal code(s)
G0L 2J0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways
A-85 (TCH)
R-185 (TCH)
Websitewww.municipalite.saint-antonin.qc.ca

Saint-Antonin is a municipality 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]

References

  1. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 12015". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  2. ^ a b "Saint-Antonin, Quebec (Code 2412015) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
  3. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 55652". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  4. ^ "Modifications aux municipalités du Québec" (PDF). Institut de la statistique du Québec. November 2014. ISSN 1715-6408. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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