Sainte-Sabine, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec
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Not to be confused with Sainte-Sabine, Montérégie, Quebec.
Parish municipality in Quebec, Canada
Sainte-Sabine | |
|---|---|
| Location within Les Etchemins RCM. Location within Les Etchemins RCM. | |
Sainte-Sabine is located in Southern Quebec Sainte-Sabine Sainte-Sabine Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°29′N 70°21′W / 46.483°N 70.350°W / 46.483; -70.350 [1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Les Etchemins |
| Constituted | August 26, 1908 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Luce Bisson |
| • Federal riding | Lévis—Bellechasse |
| • Prov. riding | Bellechasse |
| Area | |
• Total | 68.00 km2 (26.25 sq mi) |
| • Land | 66.60 km2 (25.71 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 386 |
| • Density | 5.8/km2 (15/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 | Decrease 5.4% |
| • Dwellings | 235 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways | No major routes |
| Website | www |
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Sainte-Sabine (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃tsabin] ) is a parish municipality in Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 386 as of the Canada 2011 Census.
It is named after the Basilica of Saint Sabina at the Aventine, where cardinal Louis-Nazaire Bégin often went during his theology studies in Rome.
Demographics
[edit ]In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Sabine had a population of 343 living in 195 of its 237 total private dwellings, a change of -4.2% from its 2016 population of 358. With a land area of 66.89 km2 (25.83 sq mi), it had a population density of 5.1/km2 (13.3/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
References
[edit ]- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 56401". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 28065". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Sainte-Sabine, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec (Code 2428065) Census Profile". 2011 census . Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- Commission de toponymie du Québec
- Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire