Saint-Philibert, Quebec

Saint-Philibert
Municipality
Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.
Saint-Philibert Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°08′N 70°33′W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Beauce-Sartigan
Constituted	February 25, 1921
Government
• Mayor	François Morin
• Federal riding	Beauce
• Prov. riding	Beauce-Sud
Area
• Total	56.60 km2 (21.85 sq mi)
• Land	57.16 km2 (22.07 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population  (2021)
• Total	379
• Density	6.6/km2 (17/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	2.7%
• Dwellings	160
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0M 1X0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	No major routes
Website	www.st-philibert.qc.ca

Saint-Philibert (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ filibɛʁ]) is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Beauce-Sartigan in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region. The population is 379 as of 2021. It is named after reverend François-Philibert Lamontagne, who promoted the parish at the time of the church construction in 1919.

A fire destroyed this same church on February 14, 2009.

References

• Commission de toponymie du Québec
• Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire