Parish municipality in Quebec, Canada
Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière | |
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Parish municipality | |
Location within Kamouraska RCM | |
Sainte-Anne-de-la-PocatièreLocation in eastern Quebec | |
Coordinates: 47°21′N 70°00′W / 47.350°N 70.000°W / 47.350; -70.000 | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
RCM | Kamouraska |
Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
Named for | seigneury of la Pocatière |
Government | |
• Mayor | Jean-François Pelletier |
• Federal riding | Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup |
• Prov. riding | Côte-du-Sud |
Area | |
• Total | 79.70 km (30.77 sq mi) |
• Land | 54.78 km (21.15 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,597 |
• Density | 29.2/km (76/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | 2.4% |
• Dwellings | 717 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | G0R 2A0 |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways A-20 (TCH) | R-132 R-230 |
Website | www |
Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t an də la pɔkatjɛʁ]) is a parish municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière had a population of 1,597 living in 681 of its 717 total private dwellings, a change of -2.4% from its 2016 population of 1,636. With a land area of 54.78 km (21.15 sq mi), it had a population density of 29.2/km (75.5/sq mi) in 2021.
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1861 | 3,406 | — |
1871 | 3,134 | −8.0% |
1881 | 2,878 | −8.2% |
1891 | 2,734 | −5.0% |
1901 | 2,434 | −11.0% |
1911 | 2,412 | −0.9% |
1921 | 2,885 | +19.6% |
1931 | 3,063 | +6.2% |
1941 | 3,368 | +10.0% |
1951 | 3,660 | +8.7% |
1956 | 4,073 | +11.3% |
1961 | 1,173 | −71.2% |
1966 | 1,274 | +8.6% |
1971 | 1,007 | −21.0% |
1976 | 1,112 | +10.4% |
1981 | 1,566 | +40.8% |
1986 | 1,758 | +12.3% |
1991 | 1,983 | +12.8% |
1996 | 1,862 | −6.1% |
2001 | 1,889 | +1.5% |
2006 | 1,843 | −2.4% |
2011 | 1,717 | −6.8% |
2016 | 1,636 | −4.7% |
2021 | 1,597 | −2.4% |
Government
- Mayor: Jean-François Pelletier
- Councillors: Sylvain Dorion, Carole Lévesque, Pascale G. Malenfant, Josée Michaud, Natasha Pelletier, Annie Sénéchal
Notable people
- Marie-Claude Bourbonnais, glamour model
See also
References
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 56030". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 14090". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ "Census Profile, 2021 Census, Statistics Canada - Validation Error".
- "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
External links
- Media related to Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière at Wikimedia Commons
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