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Municipality in Quebec, Canada
Saint-Pacôme
Municipality
Location within Kamouraska RCMLocation within Kamouraska RCM
Saint-Pacôme is located in Eastern QuebecSaint-PacômeSaint-PacômeLocation in eastern Quebec
Coordinates: 47°24′N 69°57′W / 47.400°N 69.950°W / 47.400; -69.950
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionBas-Saint-Laurent
RCMKamouraska
ConstitutedJanuary 5, 1980
Government
 • MayorLouise Chamberland
 • Federal ridingMontmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup
 • Prov. ridingCôte-du-Sud
Area
 • Total29.40 km (11.35 sq mi)
 • Land29.06 km (11.22 sq mi)
Population
 • Total1,806
 • Density62.1/km (161/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021Increase 13.0%
 • Dwellings748
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)G0L 3X0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways
A-20 (TCH)

R-230
Websitewww.st-pacome.ca

Saint-Pacôme (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pakom]) is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality. Saint-Pacome Catholic Church is located in the town.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Pacôme had a population of 1,806 living in 702 of its 748 total private dwellings, an increase of 13% from its 2016 population of 1,598. With a land area of 29.06 km (11.22 sq mi), it had a population density of 62.1/km (161.0/sq mi) in 2021.

Population

Population trend:

Census Population Change (%)
2021 1,806 Increase 13.0%
2016 1,598 Decrease 3.6%
2011 1,658 Decrease 1.6%
2006 1,685 Decrease 1.2%
2001 1,706 Decrease 5.2%
1996 1,799 Decrease 4.3%
1991 1,880 Decrease 6.7%
1986 2,015 Increase 1.0%
1981 1,996 N/A

Government

Governing body

  • Mayor: Louise Chamberland
  • Councillors: Cédric Valois-Mercier, Jennifer Ouellet, Virginie St-Pierre-Gagné, Annick D'Amours, Benoît Harton, Chantal Boily

Political representation

Saint-Pâcome federal election results
Year Liberal Conservative Bloc Québécois New Democratic Green
2021 15% 107 47% 337 32% 234 4% 32 0% 0
2019 16% 137 39% 328 34% 290 9% 73 2% 13
2015 26% 155 26% 157 17% 101 28% 171 3% 16
2011 2% 19 29% 223 28% 219 39% 300 2% 17
2008 8% 58 22% 162 64% 476 4% 29 1% 11
2006 6% 41 18% 137 67% 497 5% 34 4% 32
2004 19% 141 4% 32 73% 541 2% 12 2% 13
Saint-Pacôme provincial election results
Year CAQ Liberal QC solidaire Parti Québécois
2022 40% 238 7% 41 13% 81 19% 116
2018 52% 461 18% 164 13% 119 15% 130
2014 27% 251 31% 294 10% 97 29% 269
2012 27% 229 22% 184 4% 32 44% 367

Saint-Pacôme forms part of the federal electoral district of Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup and has been represented by Bernard Généreux of the Conservative Party since 2015. Provincially, Saint-Pacôme is part of the Côte-du-Sud electoral district and is represented by Mathieu Rivest of the Coalition Avenir Québec since 2022.

See also

References

  1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 98679". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 14070". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. ^ "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Saint-Pacôme, Municipalité (MÉ) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.
  4. Eglise de Saint-Pacome Church
  5. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
  6. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
  7. "Official Voting Results Raw Data (poll by poll results in block 2508)". Elections Canada. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  8. "Official Voting Results by polling station (poll by poll results in block 2508)". Elections Québec. 3 December 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2023.

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Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions
Rivière-Ouelle Saint-Philippe-de-Néri
Saint-Pacôme Mont-Carmel
Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière Saint-Gabriel-Lalemant
Quebec Subdivisions of Kamouraska Regional County Municipality
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