Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans
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Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans is a municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada, part of the L'Île-d'Orléans Regional County Municipality. It is situated on the west side of Orléans Island, and accessible by Quebec Route 368 and the Île d'Orléans Bridge which connects Saint-Pierre with the Beauport borough of Quebec City. Until 1997, it was known simply as Saint-Pierre.
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Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans | |
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Coordinates: 46°53′N 71°04′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Capitale-Nationale |
RCM | L'Île-d'Orléans |
Settled | c. 1660 |
Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Sylvain Bergeron |
• Federal riding | Montmorency—Charlevoix —Haute-Côte-Nord |
• Prov. riding | Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré |
Area | |
• Total | 32.20 km2 (12.43 sq mi) |
• Land | 31.64 km2 (12.22 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,743 |
• Density | 55.1/km2 (143/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | 12.5% |
• Dwellings | 811 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | R-368 |
Website | st-pierre |
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The Quebec poet and songwriter Félix Leclerc (1914-1988) is buried in this town, having lived there from 1958 to his death.