Saint-Télesphore
Municipality in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Saint-Télesphore is a municipality located in Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality, Quebec (Canada). The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 754. The municipality is situated west of Saint-Polycarpe, south of Sainte-Justine-de-Newton, north of Rivière-Baudette and east of the provincial border near North Lancaster, Ontario.
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Saint-Télesphore | |
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Coordinates: 45°18′N 74°23′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Montérégie |
RCM | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
Constituted | 19 April 1877 |
Government | |
• Mayor | David Watson McKay |
• Federal riding | Salaberry—Suroît |
• Prov. riding | Soulanges |
Area | |
• Total | 60.67 km2 (23.42 sq mi) |
• Land | 60.10 km2 (23.20 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[4] | |
• Total | 754 |
• Density | 12.5/km2 (32/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | 0.7% |
• Dwellings | 352 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways | R-325 R-340 |
Website | saint-telesphore |
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The municipality is named for Pope Telesphorus, who reigned from 126 to 138 AD.[1] In addition to the village of Saint-Télesphore itself, the municipality also includes the community of Dalhousie or Dalhousie Station along the Canadian Pacific railway.