Saint-Damien-de-Buckland
Saint-Damien-de-Buckland | |
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 Location within Bellechasse RCM | |
  Saint-Damien-de-Buckland Location in province of Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 46°38′N 70°40′W / 46.633°N 70.667°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Bellechasse |
| Constituted | December 20, 1890 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hervé Blais |
| • Federal riding | Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis |
| • Prov. riding | Bellechasse |
| Area | |
• Total | 82.70 km2 (31.93 sq mi) |
| • Land | 82.07 km2 (31.69 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 1,956 |
| • Density | 23.8/km2 (62/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2011-2016 |  5.6% |
| • Dwellings | 944 |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-279 |
| Website | www |
Saint-Damien-de-Buckland is a parish municipality in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec. The population was 1,956 in the Canada 2016 Census.
IPL, a manufacturer of wheeled carts and other plastic related products, is located in Saint-Damien and is the biggest employer in the immediate area.[4][5]
Demographics
[edit]In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Damien-de-Buckland had a population of 1,893 living in 828 of its 949 total private dwellings, a change of -3.2% from its 2016 population of 1,956. With a land area of 82.04 km2 (31.68 sq mi), it had a population density of 23.1/km2 (59.8/sq mi) in 2021.[6]
Notable people
[edit]- Lauriane Genest, professional racing cyclist[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 55885". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 19030". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Saint-Damien-de-Buckland, Paroisse (Municipalité de) [Census subdivision], Quebec and Saint-Raymond [Population centre], Quebec". 8 February 2017.
- ^ "IPL's cart business keeps on rolling". Canadian Plastics. June 16, 2017. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
- ^ "IPL | Novacap". www.novacap.ca. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ "" Aux Jeux, tout le monde a une chance "". La Presse+ (in French). 2021-08-06. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
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