Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière is a parish municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality.
Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière | |
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 Location within Kamouraska RCM | |
  Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière Location in eastern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 47°21′N 70°00′W / 47.350°N 70.000°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| RCM | Kamouraska |
| Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
| Named for | seigneury of la Pocatière[1] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jean-François Pelletier |
| • Federal riding | Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup |
| • Prov. riding | Côte-du-Sud |
| Area | |
| • Total | 79.70 km2 (30.77 sq mi) |
| • Land | 54.78 km2 (21.15 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,597 |
| • Density | 29.2/km2 (76/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  2.4% |
| • Dwellings | 717 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways   A-20 (TCH) |  R-132  R-230 |
| Website | www |
Demographics
editIn 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 km2 (21.15 sq mi), it had a population density of 29.2/km2 (75.5/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
Government
edit- Mayor: Jean-François Pelletier
- Councillors: Sylvain Dorion, Carole Lévesque, Pascale G. Malenfant, Josée Michaud, Natasha Pelletier, Annie Sénéchal
Notable people
edit- Marie-Claude Bourbonnais, glamour model
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 56030". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 14090". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?LANG=E&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052414090&HEADERlist=0&SearchText=Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocati%E8re
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
External links
editMedia related to Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière at Wikimedia Commons
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